Comics, controversy and a bold choice: How Jersey City artist won competition to create Philadelphia’s Harriet Tubman statue
When Alvin Pettit’s phone rang Oct. 24, he saw a Philadelphia number and assumed it was someone from his family reaching out.
But when the Jersey City artist answered, it was the city of Philadelphia delivering big news: Pettit was chosen as the winning sculptor for the city’s new Harriet Tubman statue to be placed outside City Hall.
