Philly leaders under fire for excluding Black artists from $500,000 Harriet Tubman project

Area artists feel cheated since Wesley Wofford was commissioned outright without city requests for sketches or ideas from other creators.

Philadelphia city officials want the public to contribute to the theme of a permanent Harriet Tubman statue, but they’re being called out for not relying enough on the opinions of Black artists and historians ahead of its commissioning.

Philly residents have been asked to respond to a public opinion survey by this Wednesday, July 13, but

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