The “Shadow of a Face” monument replaced a statue of Christopher Columbus which was removed in June 2020.
A new monument honoring Harriet Tubman was unveiled on Thursday, in the newly named square bearing her name, in Newark, New Jersey.History was made Thursday when a monument of Harriet Tubman was unveiled in the newly named square bearing her name, in Newark, New Jersey.
The "Shadow of a Face" monument replaced a statue of Christopher Columbus which was removed in June 2020. The new exhibit features an audio installation of Tubman’s life narrated by singer and actor Queen Latifah, who was at the monument’s unveiling.City officials livestreamed the unveiling as a crowd gathered at a ribbon cutting. "It’s incredibly beautiful to have it here in Harriet Tubman Square, down here in Newark.
"And so we wanted to take it a step further, beyond just tearing something down, we wanted to build something, and as a result of that, this is what we got," he added.
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