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Dept/Agency: Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Senior Services
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Memorandum of Understanding with Newark Arts Council, Incorporated
Purpose: To commission a Statue of Abolitionist Harriett Tubman to be installed in Washington Park, which will be named Tubman Square.
Entity Name: Newark Arts Council, Incorporated
Entity Address: 17 Academy Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Project Location:33 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102 (Broad Street entrance of Washington Park)
Contract Period: November 2020 through November 2022
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") will commission a statue of the renown abolitionist, Harriet Tubman to be installed in Washington Park, 33 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102, which will be renamed Tubman Square in her honor; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark played an integral role in the Underground Railroad and Harriet Tubman's journey which led her to the City of Newark, as the State of New Jersey was one of the last States to acknowledge liberation for enslaved Africans; and
WHEREAS, the commissioned Harriet Tubman monument will replace the statue of Christopher Columbus, which was removed from Washington Park amid calls, in June 2020, for equity, racial justice, and new public monuments that honor the historic liberation struggles of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities throughout history; and
WHEREAS, the history of African-Americans in the City dates to around 1680 when enslaved Africans are believed to have first been brought to the region; the Old First Presb...
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