# @enquirer on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DY44BjUjOtC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66089950-enquirer-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-28T16:15:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sam Greene (@sgdoesit) — https://gondola.cc/sgdoesit

## Caption

In 1952, Marian and Donald Spencer's sons were told they couldn't swim in Coney Island's Sunlite Pool because they were Black.

Now the Spencers are set to be honored with a "water monument" near the site of the now-closed pool.

The memorial honoring the legacy of the two Civil Rights trailblazers will go up alongside the future Farmer Music Center in Cincinnati.

At a May 26 press conference, leaders from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Music & Event Management, Inc., the groups leading the project, revealed plans to build the Spencer Water Monument.

The monument will be made of black granite with a laser-etched 1950s portrait of Marian and Donald Spencer, framed by waterfalls and surrounded by lush landscaping. It will go up just west of the $160 million music and entertainment campus that's now under construction by the 42-year-old Riverbend Music Center.

Members of the Spencer family were present at the unveiling, in which speakers highlighted the achievements and barrier-breaking work of both Marian and Donald Spencer.

Read the full story at the link in our bio. (📸: Provided by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Music & Event Management, Inc.) #cincinnati #cincinnatiohio #monument

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