Award-Winning Artist Loses Huge Commission to Sculpt Harriet Tubman Over Color of His Skin

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Award-Winning Artist Loses Huge Commission to Sculpt Harriet Tubman Over Color of His Skin

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After a white sculptor’s work depicting Harriet Tubman received rave reviews, Philadelphia hired him to do another piece that would be on permanent display. But after complaints that the artist should not be white…

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