VERIFY: That's not a hanged man on the $20 bill

Some social media users have taken issue with the back of the $20 bill. They claim the bill depicts a Black man being lynched in front of the White House with a crowd of white people watching below.

WHAT WE FOUND
The U.S. Currency Education Program has a document online that shows a high-resolution version of the back of the 20 dollar bill.

That image of the White House is similar to photos taken of the White House’s North Portico taken by the Associated Press. There appears to be a lantern at the front of the building as well as some shrubbery on the lawn before it.

An article about White House lighting from the White House Historical Association confirms it’s a lantern. “Another well-known Caldwell light fixture, added to the White House North Portico in 1902, is a distinctive wrought iron and glass lantern,” the article says. Directly under that paragraph is another photo of the White House North Portico that shows a lantern and shrubbery.

The back of the $20 bill shows nothing different from other photos of the White House’s North Portico. It’s consistent with these photos in depicting a lantern rather than a hanging man and shrubbery rather than a crowd of people watching.

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[quantumphaser]

I feel left out.

I don't even have a twenty dollar bill to look at.

[ronaldmurphy]

slavery is when your life hangs by a 1, 5, 10, 100, or a 20 dollar bill

[flimp]

At this point anyone will try to make anything look racist

[JROD-]

Smh, people look for whatever they can to try to create a divide among us… thanks for clearing that up for everyone though 😂🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️ God Bless

[blackstacie_ibe]

Supposedly they added the lantern later, after everyone started to notice.

[dukanator]

I’m not saying it is or it isn’t, but just wanted to shed some light on the history of the $20 bill as we know it. The Light hanging on the porch was installed in 1902 for starters. The $20 bill with Andrew Jackson on the front and the south facing view of the White House on the back wasn’t printed until 1928. In 1948 the back was revised again to show new renovations and some other things that had changed over time and in 1998 the back of the bill was changed again this time to the north facing portico view we see today. (Some of the dates reflect when they were put into circulation not when they were modified. Some were done a few years earlier.) correct me if I’m wrong.

[goji]

A twisted version of an Optical illusion.

[nesseihtgnay]

People will always find something racist to argue about lol

[chickenrico]

Looks like both if u ask me, they probably made it like that to have a valid excuse

[jordy]

Bruh That looks like a lantern, y’all reaching on this one. 😂

[cherylguest]

Even if it isn't a black man being lynched, the $20 bill has a lot of symbolism in it. And that's on YouTube, too.

[ncktyu]

Okay well the White House lantern was made to look like a black man hanging

[marquistbrown]

Either way it’s sad we even have to think that it could possibly have been a black man hanging on money we use everyday, it’s like we perceive everything as having a catch to it because as African Americans, deep down we know we aren’t welcomed here

[ReNay]

All I gotta to say is 1image / 2meanings. They have special artists to draw images like this all the time. Convince yourself!

[chosenpeople]

Those people are so wicked
You don't know what kind of atrocities they done .
Very wicked Klan japheth

[stephaniealexander]

Well its not a hanging black man, but its safe to say that black men did get lynched at the White House

[KEEPit-vets]

Come on bruh this is not a man. Who hangs someone and puts them in something to stand up in that defeats the entire point of hanging someone...

[JoshuaCussins]

The whole house is designed that way ahead of time

[beemelonhead]

It looks like it in the real photo too.. it's crazy what your eyes will see when your brain is telling you what to see. The power of illusion.

[jimmieburnett]

Hey I would like to know what is that word that is printed in Jackson's forehead on the latest $20 bill?