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Harriet Tubman monument unveiled in New Jersey
Harriet Tubman monument unveiled in Newark as substitute for Columbus statue
A brand new monument honoring Harriet Tubman was unveiled on Thursday, within the newly named sq. bearing her title, in Newark, New Jersey.(Credit score: Metropolis of Newark, NJ – Metropolis Corridor by way of Storyful)
NEWARK, N.J. – Historical past was made Thursday when a monument of Harriet Tubman was unveiled within the newly named sq. bearing her title, in Newark, New Jersey.
The “Shadow of a Face” monument changed a statue of Christopher Columbus which was eliminated in June 2020.
The brand new exhibit options an audio set up of Tubman’s life narrated by singer and actor Queen Latifah, who was on the monument’s unveiling.
Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), American Abolitionist, Portrait, circa 1885. (Picture by: Common Historical past Archive/Common Pictures Group by way of Getty Pictures)
Metropolis officers livestreamed the disclosing as a crowd gathered at a ribbon reducing.
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“It’s extremely stunning to have it right here in Harriet Tubman Sq., down right here in Newark. It’s unimaginable for me, to simply be part of it, one thing that began as a response to George Floyd’s homicide and folks throughout the nation knocking down statues that represented to them a historical past that was oppressive,” Mayor Ras J Baraka instructed reporters.
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White Home Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated the Biden administration is methods to hurry up the trouble of placing Harriet Tubman’s picture on the $20 invoice.
“And so we needed to take it a step additional, past simply tearing one thing down, we needed to construct one thing, and because of that, that is what we acquired,” he added.
Storyful contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.