Nearly a decade after a mural first gave Five Mile a place to tell its story, residents returned Sunday to a concrete wall along Lancaster Road, paint brushes in hand and determined to keep that history from disappearing.
A horse, a winding creek and a small schoolhouse took on fresh color as artist Lakeem Wilson worked alongside students and neighborhood volunteers in the 5700 block of Lancaster Road.
Sunday marked the third and final day of a restoration that residents had spent four years trying to organize.
For a historically Black community whose roots stretch back to formerly enslaved people who became landowners, the mural is more than a collection of neighborhood landmarks. It is a reminder of a history residents have spent decades trying to preserve.
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