Jesse Hendrix-Inman Photograph Collection, 2020
Held by the Filson Historical Society
Creator: Hendrix-Inman, Jesse
Title: Photograph Collection, 2020
Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department.
Size of Collection: 300 digital files (.492 GB)
Location Number: 020PC24
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains 300 born-digital photographs (.492 GB) of protests against racial injustice and police brutality in Louisville, Kentucky, captured by resident Jesse Hendrix-Inman, from June 3 to October 21, 2020. The photographs depict activists and community organizers chanting, marching, holding signs, gathering for speakers, and joyfully interacting with one another. Photographs show the movement’s encampment at Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville, which activists called Breewayy, Breonna Square, and Injustice Square.
On March 23, 2020, Louisville Metro Police Department officers killed Breonna Taylor in her home while serving a no-knock warrant. Taylor’s family and local activists drew attention to her death. On May 28, 2020, the release of her partner’s 911 phone call and the news of the Minneapolis Police Department murdering George Floyd catalyzed activists to hold protests and marches in Louisville and the broader country.
Hendrix-Inman shot the photographs with a Canon EOS 80D camera and EF-S 18-55mm f/4-5.6 IS STM Lens, edited them in Adobe Lightroom 4.0, and saved them as compressed files. The processing archivist maintained the original file names and folder names, except for replacing spaces and other punctuation with underscores. Hendrix-Inman organized the photographs into folders by event. The folder list is chronological by creation date.
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Conditions of Access and Use
Born-digital photographs can be viewed using Filson library computers. Remote access may be granted on a case-by-case basis. Please speak to staff about how to access digital files.
Biographical Note
Jesse Hendrix-Inman graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English from Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2000. From 2014-2021, Hendrix-Inman held the position of Public Relations and Grants Manager at the Cabbage Patch Settlement House, which serves predominantly Black and multiracial families in Louisville, Kentucky.
According to Hendrix-Inman, news coverage that focused on violence at the downtown protests made her hesitate to join. She first attended a protest in the affluent and predominantly white Highlands neighborhood of Louisville on June 3rd. She helped organize a demonstration at her church on Baxter Avenue, Episcopal Church of the Advent. Hendrix-Inman wrote,
“I brought my daughter to a children’s march downtown and that was the first time I visited Injustice Square. It was an incredibly moving experience where front line protesters who are working for justice every day welcomed our group of kids and parents and thanked us for coming to ‘The Square.’ From that moment on, I made it my mission to capture images that show the community, optimism, joy and power of the movement for racial justice.”[1]
As of 2025, Hendrix-Inman is serving on the Racial Healing Commission for the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky.
[1] Jesse Hendrix-Inman, Deed of Gift, 2020.
Folder List
Folder 1: Highlands/Douglass Loop protest, June 3, 2020
Folder 2: Episcopal Church of the Advent Witness for Racial Justice events, June 8, 2020
Folder 3: Children’s March, July 17, 2020
Folder 4: Mothers’ March, July 23, 2020
Folder 5: Injustice Square after LGBTQ March, July 24, 2020
Folder 6: Justice Rally with Until Freedom and Michael Brown, Sr., August 8, 2020
Folder 7: Presbyterian Church, USA Rally and March, August 29, 2020
Folder 8: No Justice, No Derby, September 5, 2020
Folder 9: The Great Women’s March, September 12, 2020
Folder 10: Injustice Square occupation and march, September 26, 2020
Folder 11: March to the Art led by Amber Brown, October 21, 2020
Subject Headings
Activism.
African Americans.
Anti-racism.
Black lives matter movement.
Brown, Amber.
Christians.
Churchill Downs (Louisville, Ky.: Racetrack).
Community activists.
Garr, Felicia L., 1967-.
Hendrix-Inman, Jessica.
Human rights movements.
Hyde, Ruby D., 1949-.
Kentucky – Jefferson County.
Kentucky – Louisville.
Kentucky – Louisville – Highlands.
Kentucky – Louisville – Jefferson Square Park.
Louisville (Ky.). Metropolitan Police Department.
Louisville Street Medics (Louisville, Ky.)
Militia movements.
Photographers.
Police.
Political activists.
Political participation.
Protest movements.
Shanklin, Flora L., 1936-.
Social justice.
Social movements.
Taylor, Breonna, 1993-2020.
Until Freedom.