For many years, families living in the Russell and Portland area have had to travel long distances to get basic medications. Now, that’s going to end as childhood friends Deshawn King and Isaiah Jones have opened Good Brothers Pharmacy in Louisville’s west end.
Just blocks from Norton West Louisville Hospital, Good Brothers officially opened on August 27 on West Main Street in the Russell neighborhood, and, according to its founders, it is Louisville’s first Black-owned pharmacy.
“Today, we open our doors not just as a pharmacy but as a family,” King, co-founder of Good Brothers Pharmacy, said, as reported by WAVE. “Today we follow the footsteps of Dr. Zhil Palmer, who opened the first black owned pharmacy in Lexington, KY.”…