levon brooks and kennedy brewer
photography book about levon brooks and kennedy brewer who were wrongfully convicted of crimes they didn't commit, mississippi 2013-2017. see blog.
levon was born in a similar house on a plantation where his parents worked.
jeremy at the plantation where his grandfather levon was born and raised.
levon and jeremy at the plantation's old office.
Jeremy and horse at the plantation.
levon in the old barn.
berdies' restaurant in macon.
levon and dinah at berdies' restaurant in macon.
levon's sister, martha.
dinah with her mother vergie and her sister marie in vergie's garden.
main street artesia, these two buildings house social clubs and nightclubs.
main street artesia, abandoned train across from the social clubs.
dinah and levon built a little cafe-d's &t's- behind their house, where they recently celebrated their wedding.
levon at home where he raises chicken, quails and rabbits.
levon's great uncle, uncle horton.
levon's sister, patricia and her daughter gloria.
edward-earl and levon's brother jimmy at patricia's house.
edward-earl, his mother patricia with jimmy and levon.
levon's neighborhood, gilmer wilburn rd., the road to artesia.
aunt doris, levon's favorite aunt.
levon's niece, precious and her children jordan and aya.
victoria with her son howard, her sister laquandra and her children, brylan, jasmine and omyra.
downtown macon, where laquandra and jaquontae, and many of levon's family members live.
levon's niece laquandra and her fiance jaquontae.
the church levon attended as a child with his parents, and where his mother, bertha lee, is buried.
levon and his father richard brooks at levon's mother's old house, where he lived after his release.
richard behind his home, the pool hall next door closed after several shootings.
richard's current home in downtown macon.
the pond in downtown brooksville, where 3 year-old courtney smith’s body was found.
june 5th, 2016.
levon and dinah's wedding on june 5th, 2016.
the creek in brooksville’s country side , where 3 year-old christine jackson’s body was found.
the brewer's family church in brooksville countryside. many family members live on that road.
annie brewer, kennedy's mother, raised 15 children with her husband charlie. annie had unshakable faith that her son would be freed and exonerated.
james e., kennedy's brother, his nephew tedric, his cousin robert, kennedy and brothers clabon and daniel.
kennedy, who now works at a chicken processing plant, where many family members also work.
charlie brewer, kennedy's father, is buried in this cemetery in back of their family church.
kennedy across from the cemetery in brooksville's countryside, where he and his family live.
downtown brooskville, where Kennedy grew up and went to school.
kennedy and his fiancee omelia at their favorite sunday spot at the noxubee river refuge.
kennedy's niece marlena, who works with special need children.
kennedy's sister martha, with her granddaughter mckenzie, nephew chrishawn (kennedy's grandson) and Quindarious.
kennedy's nephew tedric at home with his cadillac.
kennedy's nephew Mario, a welder by trade, sits on his aunt martha's porch.
downtown crawford, on the other side of the tracks, where a small deli remains in business.
freight train passing through the village of crawford, levon's neighborhood.
everybody is beautiful.
and everybody knows it.
kennedy's nieces theresa, kayla and brittney celebrate july 4th.
brittney with her 3 year-old son braxton, who was born with brain damage and needs to be tube fed. braxton is his mother's world as she cares of him 24/7.
Josephine, Kennedy’s sister, and Kayla, Brittney and Theresa’s mother.
kennedy's niece, paulena, and her fiance anthony in their backyard, across from the family church.
kennedy's brother james c. in his mother's yard.
brooksville, a small town of 1,100, was a lively town too when kennedy was growing up.
pem, kennedy's brother, outside his mother's house.
martha's daughter roynika, with daughter mckenzie, also works at the chicken processing plant.
kennedy's twin nieces janeshia and janaysha have just started community college.
highway 388, the road on which annie, kennedy, ruby and many family members live.
martha and her twin sister ruby.
going to artesia, train tracks.
artesia general store, the local grocery store doubles as a nightclub on sunday nights.
marlene, kennedy's niece and marqueeta and bryson's mother, in her backyard.
kennedy's daughter and chrishawn's mother, nicole, in her father's backyard.
tedric's daughter, azarion, at her grandma's house.
the cousins; markeeta, quindarious, r'nez, azarion, mckenzie, bryson and karli, roynika's baby daughter.
levon and kennedy at d's & t's cafe.