A NEW MONUMENT: 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans
An article in Hyperallergic speaks about a new monument in San Francisco where over 350 Sculptures Invoke First Enslaved Africans.
“The steel sculptures with vinyl tubing surround the base of a plinth that formerly held a statue of Francis Scott Key, the author of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” who owned enslaved people and was anti-abolitionist. Last Juneteenth, with a national debate over monuments following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, people toppled the statue of Key.” - Hyperallergic
Dana King, “Monumental Reckoning" at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (all image courtesy San Francisco Recreation & Parks, all photos by Jim Watkins)