No trash collection

burning garbage

Chemical waste

collapsed pipes

dysfunctional pumps

Lead poisoning

The Illinois interstate allows Illinois residents to ride past East St. Louis

A small bridge that allowed access to the city street fair was closed, further shutting them off

Isolation removes others from seeing the state of things

Raw Sewage

Isolation

Irony

Forced inequities

Life on the Mississippi

East St. Louis, Illinois

A cyclical nature of poverty is perpetuated

Media enforces danger and crime in East St. Louis

High tax rates make it impossible for residents to come out of poverty.

The schools in the area are named after prominent black figures in American history.

“We have a school…named for Dr. King…full of sewer water…Every student in that school is black. It’s like a terrible joke on history.”