Philadelphia City Hall's Harriet Tubman statue receives final approval to start contracting with artist
Philadelphia's permanent Harriet Tubman statue received the final approval needed for the city to begin the contracting process with the artist Alvin Pettit, who constructed the statue. Pettit's creation, "A Higher Power: The Call of a Freedom Fighter" will be the city's first-ever public work that honors a Black woman.
The Philadelphian Art Commission approved the statue in a unanimous vote during a meeting on Wednesday, the city's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy shared in a release.
