This series is a visual/audio display of the Russell community and those who have spent substantial time in the neighborhood. This project serves as a documentary capsule project that captures the resilience, joy and innovation of Black life and homeownership in Louisville’s historic West End Russell community through photo and audio elements.

Photographer and Journalist: Iyabo Mesa Serikali

4 - South Fork Rochelle Burton

3 - Boopie's Blessings

2 - Perrydise Mansion (Under Construction)

1 - The Southern Acre

This series is a visual/audio display of the Russell community and those who have spent substantial time in the neighborhood. Five unique stories of five Russell homeowners and their experiences owning a house and making it home over the years. Iyabo Mesa Serikali, photojournalist and artist, sits down with these residents to listen to stories of triumph, adversity, survival and much more.

This project serves as a documentary capsule project that captures the resilience, joy and innovation of Black life and homeownership in Louisville’s historic West End Russell community through photo and audio elements.

Photographer and Journalist: Iyabo Mesa Serikali

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