Every city has a story to tell. The past and present can be discerned in the architectural, agricultural, culinary, industrial, and residential aspects of urban life. In a place like Memphis, that story is complex. Sometimes the meaning of that story is nuanced, and sometimes it is more overt. As Americans, our guiding philosophy of freedom and equality have often been overshadowed by injustice and inequity. Because of these opposing forces, many Americans can, along with Langston Hughes, call America “The land that never has been yet—And yet must be—the land where every man is free.”