The monument is a steel outline of Tubman’s frame that sits inside a circular wall that allows visitors to read the educational text and listen to audio stories narrated about Tubman’s life.
The new Harriet Tubman monument in Newark, New Jersey on Thursday, March 9, 2023.Amid calls for racial justice in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd, the City of Newark decided to rename a park for abolitionist Harriet Tubman and erect a monument in her honor.
“We honor Harriet as we also celebrate that democracy and the understanding that the greatness of this county lives in Harriet’s footsteps,” Baraka said before a crowd of over 100 people.Michele Jones Galvin, Tubman’s great great great grandniece, was delighted. In February, the downtown site formerly known as Washington Park was renamed Harriet Tubman Square. The monument, designed by Nina Cooke John, is calledIt is a steel outline of Tubman’s frame that sits inside a circular wall that allows visitors to enter, read the educational text and listen to audio stories narrated by Rapper and Actress Queen Latifah about Tubman’s life and the city’s history of Black liberation.
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