Afro Pick Sculpture Installed Near Controversial Philly Statue
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new sculpture is in place in Center City Philadelphia -- just feet from the statue of former mayor Frank Rizzo.
The sculpture is of an Afro pick and was created by artist Hank Willis Thomas.
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It's called "All Power To The People."
The tines of the pick are driven into the surface of the plaza with a clenched fist at the other end.
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The afro pick stands eight feet tall and weighs nearly 800 pounds.
This is a temporary monument.
The artist says it's meant to highlight ideas related to community, strength, perseverance, comradeship and resistance to oppression.
