FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2009, file photo, Elizabeth Alexander recites a poem during swearing-in ceremonies at the Capitol in Washington. Alexander is the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which announced Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, it is spending $250 million on a five-year effort called the "Monuments Project" to reimagine monuments in public spaces. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2017, file photo, a man takes a selfie with Hank Willis Thomas' "All Power to All People" sculpture in view of a statue of former Philadelphia Mayor and Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo in Philadelphia. The sculpture was part of an initiative by Monument Lab, a Philadelphia-based group to create public works about issues such as social justice and gentrification. Monument Lab is receiving $4 million from a $250 million project announced Monday by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to reimagine the way history is told in public spaces. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)FILE - In this April 23, 2018, file photo, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice is seen in Montgomery, Ala. The memorial honors thousands of people killed in lynchings. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation gave the project $5 million in 2018. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)FILE - In this April 23, 2018, file photo, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice is seen in Montgomery, Ala. The memorial honors thousands of people killed in lynchings. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation gave the project $5 million in 2018. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2009, file photo, Elizabeth Alexander recites a poem during swearing-in ceremonies at the Capitol in Washington. Alexander is the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which announced Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, it is spending $250 million on a five-year effort called the "Monuments Project" to reimagine monuments in public spaces. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
