Alum's photography reflects how IUPUI's beginning displaced Black people
Our family was featured in an article about what occupied the space that is currently IUPUI. Our grandparents and our aunt lived at 427 Agnes in 1928.
Showcasing 'the life of Indiana Avenue'
For the Moores, participating in the photoshoot allowed them to explore a new side of their family history_.
Covington remembers their family used to have dinner together every Sunday night when she was growing up. They often congregated at one of her aunt's houses in the Ransom Place neighborhood.
Zola Lamothe is recreating historic scenes from what was a Black neighborhood before IUPUI arrived. Credit: Lee Klafczynski for Mirror Indy "The life of Indiana Avenue was the people, not just the physical street," Lamothe said. 'I really want people to have pride and gratitude for the communities and the families that lived here."
As Covington, who's now nearly 90, sat around the dinner table during Lamothe's photoshoot, she thought of those weekly gatherings she attended as a kid. But she also wondered what her ancestors would say if they knew their old neighborhood had become a college campus.
"I didn't know my grandparents, but I was thinking about what they would say if they lived in this particular area now the university's there with the big buildings and the nice campuses," Covington said.
