The sculptural figures will surround the empty pedestal in the park's Music Concourse where a statue of Francis Scott Key -- who owned slaves and wrote disparagingly of Black people --stood before it was toppled by protestors last June.
The installation was approved last week by both the San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission's Operations Committee. It is currently under review by the Planning Commission and will also need approval by the city's Historical Preservation Committee before it can be installed.
The proposal is for the art to remain for a two-year stay through June 20, 2023.