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Harriet Tubman Sculpture Unveiled in Philly in Time for Her 200th Birthday

A crowd gathers around the newly unveiled statue of Harriet Tubman at Philadelphia City Hall.
Emma Lee
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WHYY
A crowd gathers around the newly unveiled statue of Harriet Tubman at Philadelphia City Hall.

A sculpture of Harriet Tubman has been unveiled outside Philadelphia City Hall. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports the sculpture has been on tour since 2020.

(Original air-date: 1/15/22)

WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.