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Monuments and Memory
Riverfront Development Corporation
An “Anti-Monument” Explores History by Asking for Dialogue
LocationMemphis, Tennessee, United States
Grantmaking areaPresidential Initiatives
AuthorAnthony Balas
PhotographyJoshua Asante for Mellon Foundation
DateSeptember 17, 2024
Theaster Gates, shown here, wants local Memphian hero Tom Lee to be remembered as “a human who saw other human lives as equally valuable, if not more valuable, than his own.”
Grant insight
A Monument to Listening
Riverfront Development Corporation, now known as The Memphis River Parks Partnership, was awarded $1,400,000 in September 2021 through the Monuments Project, a Mellon Presidential Initiative.
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