http://madelinegrayphoto.com/blog-old daily 0.75 2013-03-05 http://madelinegrayphoto.com/riding-it-out daily 0.75 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646562029-RVD09JAVHHQYPTIFNVHK/Season_Website_01.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Rosa Caceres kisses her daughter Daniela Figueroa, 11 months, at their home in Lake Worth. Rosa has debilitating rheumatoid arthritis which forces her to use a wheelchair. Sometimes the pain in her joints is so bad that Rosa cannot even feed herself let alone hold her daughters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1440513500244-1UHOSWAN03S5DDGOYP9G/S2S_01.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Michael Gutierrez feels the pressure of being the sole wage earner for his family of four especially after recently losing his primary day job. While their son was in the hospital undergoing major skull surgery to correct his craniosynostosis, Jennifer Gutierrez injured her foot and is now forced to use crutches to move around the house. She already suffers from multiple sclerosis which often leaves her too tired to take care of household chores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646562029-RVD09JAVHHQYPTIFNVHK/Season_Website_01.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Rosa Caceres kisses her daughter Daniela Figueroa, 11 months, at their home in Lake Worth. Rosa has debilitating rheumatoid arthritis which forces her to use a wheelchair. Sometimes the pain in her joints is so bad that Rosa cannot even feed herself let alone hold her daughters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1440515830703-R4WYYXV55ZYXOVHZRID1/S2S_Text.jpg FLORIDA FAMILIES https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646560870-VN07CET7MMLS2Q7KF1LR/Season_Website_02.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Veta Smart, 3, cries before undergoing a bone marrow biopsy at St. Mary's Medical Center. Veta was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia this year and will have to undergo several years of often difficult treatment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646566560-61VYBUNY6FK8KW7P1YND/Season_Website_03.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Michael Gutierrez feels the pressure of being the sole wage earner for his family of four especially after recently losing his primary day job. While their son was in the hospital undergoing major skull surgery to correct his craniosynostosis, Jennifer Gutierrez injured her foot and is now forced to use crutches to move around the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646575081-F1YFJ8EVQ6SIDO7P6T7Y/Season_Website_04.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Jacob Gutierrez, 4, swallows medicine from his mother after undergoing a series of major skull surgeries. When Jacob was a baby, he had to wear a helmet, but his family hopes that this will be the last surgery he will need to correct his craniosynostosis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646578732-K4J8QWBKDHDF7Y37F0SV/Season_Website_05.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Holes in the ceiling mirror those in the floor of Charles Asaro's home in Hobe Sound. At 98-years-old Charles has been living in the house for nearly 40 years despite it being in desperate need of repairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646586136-C07CMLYC0S4PS5LMDSJA/Season_Website_06.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Charles Asaro, 98, stands in the bedroom of his home. He has lost much of his eyesight and although he fell into a hole in the floor of his bathroom, he would prefer to continue to live independently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646589610-TCZU5W2SO3FI5IXB7K0M/Season_Website_07.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Important names are noted on Charles Asaro's phone. At 98-years-old Charles has lost much of his eyesight but for the most part, he can still maneuver around the house he has lived in for over four decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646596149-IUTX8ZZK3J11Z2QMPNAH/Season_Website_08.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Odarius Tripp clings to his mother Angeline making it obvious why she often calls him her shadow. Both Odarius and his brother Omari have severe autism. Angeline is constantly afraid that one of the boys will wander out of the yard and she will not be able to protect them from a world that they have a very difficult time navigating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646599801-N9X223OX8597OH60DERV/Season_Website_09.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Six-year-old Odarius plays the keyboard and although he does not communicate very much verbally, he can play music and type complicated words and sentences on the computer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646606569-IS10BK2NA0FZFWM4HQHJ/Season_Website_10.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Omari Tripp, 8, climbs up the basketball hoop in his backyard as his brother Odarius, 6, pulls their mother Angeline back inside. Both Omari and Odarius have severe autism and require nearly constant supervision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646608248-PCYQGU7T1BZRHM81SK8D/Season_Website_11.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES A Bible rests on the dashboard of a nearly broken down car that is the Tripp family's only source of transportation. Angeline and her husband Odell spend most of their resources trying to provide a safe, secure environment for their two autistic sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646617392-FDP1KN42O67E030BE71Y/Season_Website_12.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Jarvaris Washington sits in his son's bedroom in their home in Belle Glade. Jarvaris went to special classes to become certified to drive a truck for the sugar cane companies to increase his wages. However, he is still the sole wage earner for his family of eight. The house that the family lives in is full of mold, has sewage that leaks into the yard and many other issues that make it nearly uninhabitable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646621050-YC794RDTWZS1QOJ7LRJJ/Season_Website_13.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES A photo of Catherine Maloney with one of her sons and grandsons hangs at her home in Riviera Beach. Catherine, who is now 91, has lived in the same house for 65 years and raised 10 sons there. Even though the house is in disrepair and not wheelchair accessible for Catherine, she is hesitant to leave the place she has called home for so long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646627708-LZJDEA37FEW7JS69QDIA/Season_Website_14.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Inman Maloney Jr., 70, sits on his bed in the house he shares with his 91-year-old mother Catherine. Inman and one of his brother have disabilities so Catherine continues to care for them in the house where she raised 10 sons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646632977-GE0BF44MUXCJ28W3T7WZ/Season_Website_15.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Part of the Fitzgerald family, left to right, Jernyah, Jermiah, Jermaine, Keyshawn, their cousin Joanna Fitzgerald and Jerqueriria squeeze around their grandmother Joann's kitchen table for dinner. Joann adopted six of her grandchildren and is working to gain custody of their older sister as she builds a new life focused around providing the children with a safe, stable environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646638822-YERU3TDA2BKA4K5226LI/Season_Website_16.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Every morning Aquala's aunt Gayle wakes up hours before she has to go to work in order to clean, feed, dress and sometimes do Aquala's hair in addition to preparing all of the supplies and extra clothes she needs for the day. Aquala has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and Gayle has taken care of her ever since her mother passed away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646643162-HNLH8Q1PBG2NBI9AKABX/Season_Website_17.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Imogene Davis opens the Bible to her favorite Psalm at her house in Belle Glade. Imogene's previous home caught fire and the family lost everything. Imogene says that her faith helps to keep her going, but sometimes she gets overwhelmed and can't stop crying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646651758-DGSBFXZL0PRV0GL05EXS/Season_Website_18.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Imogene Davis leaves her house as her grandchildren and their friends sit on the porch. Imogene was a farmworker for the same company for 42 years. Her husband Jimmy Lee Davis still works on a farm but at the age of 64, he will not be able to provide that income for the family much longer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646655801-TIRYA1ZW5UFEQ1JQZC9N/Season_Website_19.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Donald Gibson, 8, checks the refrigerator before making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at the home where he lives with his grandparents. Their previous home burned down and now Donald's grandmother Imogene only has one electric skillet to cook meals for the family of six. The family subsists primarily on her husband's sole farmworker's salary which means food can sometimes be scarce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646662846-0E45L5FMVOVYIHDY78MT/Season_Website_20.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Alan Taylor, 51, who has cerebral palsy and an intellectual disability, has difficulty maneuvering his wheelchair into the small bathroom at the home he shares with his parents Jackie and Russell Taylor. As Alan's parents continue to age, they face more difficulty in caring for their son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1490646664643-10OKMCXK0VGFGV965J3X/Season_Website_21.JPG FLORIDA FAMILIES Wanna Tebby, 81, jokes around with her nephew Raymond Hommel, 49, in the backyard of their house. Wanna has taken complete care of Raymond, who has Down syndrome, since he was 14 years old. 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PHOTOGRAPHY http://madelinegrayphoto.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979444515-24J4DDMVW7S1VCW3RR8P/BBALL_01.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979444515-24J4DDMVW7S1VCW3RR8P/BBALL_01.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979746999-VEQ4ZWVAOBJ2IU2AZ21M/BBALL_01.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS In Kinston, North Carolina, basketball is king — or queen, as the case may be. See the full story with text on NPR here: Girls’ Basketball Team Is ‘Another Definition for Family’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979747146-VPR4LJ5ZQM7UI5RPUXS8/BBALL_02.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS (Left to right) Sheriece Jones, Zykia Andrews, and Quiaira Powell cheer for their teammates during a jamboree hosted by Kinston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979750319-77Y15OSSUPA9ROCUCEOF/BBALL_03.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS (Left to right) Sheriece Jones is helped up from the court by teammates Kahlia Hargett and Quiaira Powell during a game at South Lenoir High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979750537-8ULBJL8T0220K965D9DI/BBALL_04.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS The Kinston High School girls basketball team players listen to head coach Christopher Bradshaw after practice. With eight seniors on the team, many of the girls have known each other since preschool and have been playing basketball together since elementary school. Senior Zykia Andrews explains that the team's bond goes beyond the court as well, "It's like a sisterhood." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979752709-S05M5FJ3JCXJVSSU9YXP/BBALL_05.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Senior Lesley Sutton, center, fixes her hair along with teammates Taliyah Jones, left, and Anzaryia Cobb, right, following a game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979753017-1DIJ4ZR8ONO023PIML2K/BBALL_06.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Quiaira Powell's homecoming queen crown sits on the dashboard of her car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979755406-EFGA2LRIKP1Y7ZLUX6X3/BBALL_07.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Senior Quiaira Powell watches her friends get ready to have their photos taken wearing caps and gowns a few months before graduation. Schools throughout North Carolina closed in March as a result of the coronavirus and a modified graduation ceremony for Kinston High School seniors took place in early June. Several small ceremonies were held with limited guests as students wore masks and sat in chairs spaced at least six feet apart throughout the gymnasium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979755470-KFRDFJSERU72U4QED7TU/BBALL_08.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS (Left to right) After their game, Kinston players Kahlia Hargett, Lesley Sutton, Quiaira Powell, and Alena Rivers sit in the stands with a friend's son to watch the boy's team play South Lenoir High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979757790-Y0FY6NTF6KUM1X81GQ8A/BBALL_09.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Senior Michyla Dove hugs her mom Lori Carmon before heading to a day of jamboree games hosted by Kinston High School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979757768-7B4J72H21U81JA3ED8RH/BBALL_10.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Michyla Dove's mom Lori Carmon holds her "basketball mom" necklace. Carmon travels to all of Dove's games and says she plans to do the same when Dove plays for Barton College about an hour away next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979759874-26K78PAU8Z8KUNKJ58OW/BBALL_11.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Senior Taliyah Jones works on online coursework through Kinston-based Lenoir Community College. Jones has been taking online courses throughout high school and will attend Winston-Salem State University next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979760112-7S6CZNQD2POFNRLF075M/BBALL_12.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Sheriece Jones relaxes before a game. Recognized as one of the best players in the state, Jones was selected to play in the NCCA East-West GirlsÕ Basketball All-Star Game. The game was later cancelled due to concerns about the coronavirus. However, Jones will play for St. Augustine's University in Raleigh next year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979761796-XUK0B7NP40MY1YPI3UDO/BBALL_13.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Winter Lane, left, the only sophomore on the varsity team, leans on senior Anzaryia Cobb, right, during pre-season training sessions last summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979762881-9329E6SXCHXCSISDBVZZ/BBALL_14.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Taliyah Jones warms up with the rest of her team before a game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979765394-MUIEMV7FD2DHE7PZSS2X/BBALL_15.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Kinston High School cheerleaders support the girl's team during a game against South Lenoir High School. The cheerleaders travel with the girl's basketball team to away games as well cheering for them at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979765712-YND8NNKPMRIJ4ABP6VCW/BBALL_16.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Head coach Christopher Bradshaw talks with the team during a game against North Lenoir High School. Bradshaw has been head coach since 2013 and understands the important role he plays in helping to shape the girls' future success. "I could go home and relax," he explains, "but God has blessed me to mentor these kids." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979767373-MNY0CYIMHRQ5VC92WUM7/BBALL_17.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Seniors on the girl's basketball team volunteer at the concession stand during a boy's football game. The girls spend as much time together off the court as they do playing together. Their team chant which echoes throughout the locker room before games and after every practice, is "Family on three! One, two, three, family!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979768308-3W898H42C3XBPEQXXXWF/BBALL_18.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Lori Carmon, left, whose daughter Michyla Dove plays on the team, and team assistant KJay Johnson, right, serve food during the jamboree games hosted by Kinston High School. Carmon woke up at one a.m. that morning to start cooking all of the food. She is a constant fixture at every game and says that, "I have one child but I've gained many," then adding, "ThereÕs nothing like being a team mom." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979769502-G34KACOAGQCL92GF2BGY/BBALL_19.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Senior Zykia Andrews celebrates her eighteenth birthday with friends and teammates at a local seafood restaurant. After dinner the girls went bowling. When thinking about her last Kinston High School basketball season and all of the milestones of senior year, Andrews says, "I don't want to cry about it, but it's hard to believe." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979770112-6UMV4GH1TSU0MXSWWEN4/BBALL_20.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Michyla Dove rests her head on a friend's shoulder while waiting to celebrate her teammate Zykia Andrews's eighteenth birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979772868-855EZC3NHIA7893XK8NM/BBALL_21.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Kinston High School basketball players and their friends wait outside the Hook and Reel restaurant before celebrating senior Zykia Andrews's birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979772868-MUUMZUW6QQVP1N8FDMTP/BBALL_22.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Senior Anzaryia Cobb's brother Ervin Jones wears a shirt with a photo of his sister during senior night celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979774686-S8M7GN61WEPKEKPZWFUA/BBALL_23.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Anzaryia Cobb, center, holds her niece, right, while she and Winter Lane, left, prepare to leave the locker room following the team's loss in the Regional Championship game. The round of regional championship games were the last games to be played before the State Championships were cancelled due to the coronavirus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979775270-6PQ3MS6TB16E6V9G4RRT/BBALL_24.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS The team prays after a game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979776329-5ZV6O1XVVO1WOBN21A9O/BBALL_25.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Balloons for Zykia Andrews (#30) float on the ceiling outside the gym during Kinston High School senior night celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979776987-6NWLCLNTQODOHJI17LFW/BBALL_26.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Michyla Dove and the rest of the team practice at a community gym. As eight members of the team prepare to finish up their senior year, Dove says, "I feel like IÕm not who I am without them. I wouldnÕt be who I am today had I not met these girls." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607979778332-IASVDR4MMGET6QYVXKNU/BBALL_27.JPG BASKETBALL QUEENS Junior Kenya Forbes looks out of the bus window on the way to a game. With eight seniors leaving the team, Forbes will be one of only a few players with varsity experience for the upcoming season. Despite the challenges of rebuilding the team and the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, Coach Bradshaw will continue to emphasize resilience. He mentions a common local sentiment. "If you're from Kinston, you can adjust to anything," he says as his sights are already set on next season. http://madelinegrayphoto.com/overview daily 1.0 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619904433-UGJN28E1P3PC1MZMBD8A/2023WEBSITE_10.JPG OVERVIEW - 2023WEBSITE_10.JPG Ana Shellem, who owns ShellÕem Seafood, stands on an island where wild mussels grow near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Shellem harvests a wide variety of wild caught species including oysters, mussels, sea beans, and prickly pears to deliver fresh to local restaurants. For The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982298334-KDI5CD9FYWYLMJEI6ZW6/EDITORIAL_01.JPG OVERVIEW Bernice Sack, 94, stands in her bedroom in the home she shares with her daughter in Hubert. In 1983 when Sack took out a universal life insurance policy, such policies were often earning double digits in interest. Now she must continue to make high monthly payments or risk losing all the money she has already invested. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619727664-Q2YFFOV8V6U85EVI76KA/2023WEBSITE_01.JPG OVERVIEW People surf as the sun comes up at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619734020-S0O5YJMXU7E03K0VR807/2023WEBSITE_10.JPG OVERVIEW Ana Shellem, who owns Shell’em Seafood, stands on an island where wild mussels grow near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Shellem harvests a wide variety of wild caught species including oysters, mussels, sea beans, and prickly pears to deliver fresh to local restaurants. For The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619735417-IEOOEWSXE1O4BZI3V8JC/2023WEBSITE_11.JPG OVERVIEW Ana Shellem, who owns Shell’em Seafood, walks across an island near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina after harvesting prickly pears. For The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619735739-HD3IHXIZP6VS12N1A9CL/2023WEBSITE_12.JPG OVERVIEW Ana Shellem, who owns Shell’em Seafood, looks for wild mussels on an island near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. For The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619737450-1URHJYPZ4SK0CNHM9WA7/2023WEBSITE_14.JPG OVERVIEW A few of the mussels that Ana Shellem, who owns Shell’em Seafood, has harvested sit in the bottom of her basket in the waters near Wrightsville Beach, North. For The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619736982-Q60JRC0H66GLO828REVI/2023WEBSITE_13.JPG OVERVIEW Ana Shellem, who owns Shell’em Seafood, navigates her boat through the waters near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. For The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619740136-AIYUD8O18CB0X6YRL0XQ/2023WEBSITE_18.JPG OVERVIEW The sun sets over the Ensign Harbor Marina in Merritt, North Carolina. Dan Parsons and Perry Cooper dock the sailboat that they lived on for six months during the pandemic at the marina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619727488-VAS68A1G3RFYDXY9R16V/2023WEBSITE_02.JPG OVERVIEW Gianna Olea, 5, left, and Katie Olea, 6, right, sit in the sand at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Their mom Francisca Castro explained that the family all agreed that it was too hot to come to the beach in the middle of the day and preferred to come in the evening when the sun had gone down. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619729110-M1IZXCPA8X3H6LSXJB82/2023WEBSITE_03.JPG OVERVIEW (Left to right) Gianna Olea, 5, Sergio Olea, Kayla Olea, 1, Francisca Castro, Sergio Olea Jr., 8, Katie Olea, 6, and Sherlyn Olea, 3, feed the seagulls snacks at the beach as the sun goes down at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619729318-O080M2NVTS1EL9ZF3CPV/2023WEBSITE_04.JPG OVERVIEW Tyanna Grissett stands in the surf as the sun goes down at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. With heat indexes soaring into the 100s in North Carolina, many beachgoers are opting to visit in the evening when it’s cooler. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619730621-IKDWY74VSY6VE4YEQ3LT/2023WEBSITE_05.JPG OVERVIEW People play in the waves as the sun goes down at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619730866-KWQ00W96OVWOU8FFWER5/2023WEBSITE_06.JPG OVERVIEW Camila Gonzales, 3, left, lays in the water with her dad Jonathan Gonzales, right, at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Gonzales explains that he prefers to come to the beach in the evenings when it’s cooler because his daughter is outside a lot playing during the day and he wants to keep her from getting exposed to the sun too much. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619732547-9WL7XS18ZD6EM651CI6C/2023WEBSITE_08.JPG OVERVIEW Kara Torres, left, participates in a sunrise yoga class led by Caroline Cooley, right, on the Crystal Pier at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Cooley explains that doing yoga early in the morning means that you get it in “before the sun starts to beam down and the humidity gets too high.” Relating to her personal yoga practice, she says, “If I wait until later in the day, the heat’s going to beat me and I probably won’t do it.” For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619733629-U16GAKBC3DYDSQ2BSRRD/2023WEBSITE_09.JPG OVERVIEW Amanda Brown participates in a sunrise yoga class on the Crystal Pier at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619738418-F6SROD5U4UKOWKXRSO6J/2023WEBSITE_15.JPG OVERVIEW The sun rises over the Holden Beach Marina where Cane Faircloth docks his Ollie Raja charter boats in Supply, North Carolina. Faircloth’s family has lived in the area for generations and their lives and livelihoods are closely tied to the ocean. With a 110,000-acre site being opened for bidding off the coast for a potential wind farm, Faircloth is concerned about potential impacts to the fish population, the environment, and local businesses. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619738760-HRJ69U2LFJOUG007VH88/2023WEBSITE_16.JPG OVERVIEW Cane Faircloth guides his Ollie Raja charter boat out of the Holden Beach Marina in Supply, North Carolina. Faircloth’s family has lived in the area for generations and their lives and livelihoods are closely tied to the ocean. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619739763-PMH7B7P3JIF27AYZKD4G/2023WEBSITE_17.JPG OVERVIEW Josh and Danny Jones fish off of Cane Faircloth’s charter boat near Holden Beach, North Carolina. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619732056-8BYUNVFNE348SFIW2FPJ/2023WEBSITE_07.JPG OVERVIEW People dot the beach at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. With heat indexes soaring into the 100s in North Carolina, many beachgoers are opting to visit once the sun has gone down. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619741158-LFWSMQO72AMEXTZN0AUB/2023WEBSITE_19.JPG OVERVIEW Dawn Fletcher, whose son Stuart Fletcher died of an opioid overdose in 2019, stands in her home in Greenville, North Carolina. Stuart struggled with addiction for close to ten years and died just after leaving a rehab program. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619741800-LM9UE1YSXHJGV69HW183/2023WEBSITE_20.JPG OVERVIEW The sun rises over Greenville, North Carolina. Cotton and tobacco crops were originally the main economic drivers of the town before East Carolina University became one of the largest universities in the state’s school system. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619742558-7C1JC66HF6PQ717UBIGG/2023WEBSITE_21.JPG OVERVIEW Dawn Fletcher, left, and J.D. Fletcher, right, whose son Stuart Fletcher died of an opioid overdose in 2019, hold a photo of their son at their home in Greenville, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619743750-SUFL86X78KFAB3YCZ401/2023WEBSITE_22.JPG OVERVIEW Ellie Crout, whose brothers Jackson Laughinghouse and Alex Laughinghouse both died from opioid overdose, stands in the entryway of her home in Wilson, North Carolina. After the trauma that Crout and her family have been through, she says that she has come to believe that there are fates and suffering that are worse than death. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619744121-PEMUB4CS69DRSU9H8RXP/2023WEBSITE_23.JPG OVERVIEW A cast of Lacy Ann Laughinghouse’s hand sits on the table of her half sister Ellie Crout in Wilson, North Carolina. Lacy Ann died at the age of four weeks old and her death was perhaps in part the catalyst for the deaths of three more family members who all passed away from opioid overdose. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619745403-M36PNUX0CGO7WFQ02AJO/2023WEBSITE_24.JPG OVERVIEW Fran Lunsford Laughinghouse walks up to the columbarium that holds both of her sons’ ashes at the Pinewood Memorial Park in Greenville, North Carolina. Jackson and Alex Laughinghouse both died of opioid overdose. Fran felt that it was important to have a physical place for people to go to remember the boys. She often visits to play music and talk to them. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619745604-RW0GYZSFM2U3NE7YJ0MJ/2023WEBSITE_25.JPG OVERVIEW Fran Lunsford Laughinghouse kisses her necklace that has a charm for each of her children including her two sons who died of opioid overdose as she sits at the Pinewood Memorial Park in Greenville, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619747591-T000Y4L56Q4ON7902OK9/2023WEBSITE_26.JPG OVERVIEW Bioretention ponds sit along the banks of the Trent River with the goal of mitigating the impact of future flooding on the town of Pollocksville, North Carolina. Hurricane Florence caused extensive flood damage to the town of less than 300 people in 2018. Now the town is five years into a seven year recovery plan to make the community more resilient to future storms. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619747573-JGDQKNR0XZENOCUHV5KR/2023WEBSITE_27.JPG OVERVIEW Mayor James Bender stands inside the historic train depot in Pollocksville, North Carolina which is now used as the town offices. Hurricane Florence caused extensive flood damage to the town of less than 300 people in 2018. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619749299-KZLUO18CWPV9LSOSSYZ6/2023WEBSITE_28.JPG OVERVIEW (Left to right) Sam Davis, Ted Lewis, Emily Lewis, and Judy Cullipher eat lunch at Grilling Buddies in Pollocksville, North Carolina. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619794758-UAASA84SZDY2U2P98MM2/2023WEBSITE_80.JPG OVERVIEW Curtis Thompson fishes on the opposite side of the pier as everyone else in Kure Beach, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619793584-FG7Q5H4G9653QE0XNR9K/2023WEBSITE_79.JPG OVERVIEW A house along the beach on Ocean Drive in Rodanthe, North Carolina is in imminent danger of falling into the sea. Residents are trying to find ways to mitigate future damage but one of the countyÕs main goals during beach nourishment projects is to protect Highway 12 rather than individual homes so this area is currently less of a priority. For WUNC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619749490-YEUM0S8EMC3JXCJZXSJZ/2023WEBSITE_29.JPG OVERVIEW Riders in cowboy hats and sombreros take over Benson, North Carolina during Mule Days. Mule Days, which has been held for 73 years, features a festival, music, a parade, and rodeos. Riders maneuver their horses and mules throughout the town in an event that celebrates the most “infamous” of animals and honors cowboy culture. For Cardinal & Pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619750676-R0DBAN8JGF8OOIA5YRBS/2023WEBSITE_30.JPG OVERVIEW Carly Rae Johnson, Junior Miss Benson 2023, sits in the stands before the rodeo at Mule Days in Benson, North Carolina. For Cardinal & Pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619751234-9PHX3L0I8BZIFW1EG8TR/2023WEBSITE_31.JPG OVERVIEW Surrounded by family Dale Durden, center, practices roping a tiny toy calf during Mule Days in Benson, North Carolina. For Cardinal & Pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619752593-BXRFO83NFONSEH7H8B7G/2023WEBSITE_32.JPG OVERVIEW Jimmy Coleman, who has been coming to Mule Days for 31 years, wears a horseshoe necklace before the rodeo in Benson, North Carolina. Coleman and his friends used to ride the 105 miles from Delco to Benson each year. For Cardinal & Pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619752866-Y5PC5O293DOTSOM7LVO3/2023WEBSITE_33.JPG OVERVIEW Little Miss Benson Callen Smith, 7, left, and Mia Roberts, 6, right, sit in the stand before the rodeo begins at Mule Days in Benson, North Carolina. For Cardinal & Pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619754634-80W8KRWIKTW4V6O0DHMX/2023WEBSITE_34.JPG OVERVIEW Bronc riders practice before the Mule Days rodeo in Benson, North Carolina on September 24, 2022. Mule Days, which has been held for 73 years, features a festival, music, a parade, and rodeos. Riders maneuver their horses and mules throughout the town in an event that celebrates the most “infamous” of animals and honors cowboy culture. For Cardinal & Pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619754484-CZSPZ5DCDSGA9TSPA4UV/2023WEBSITE_35.JPG OVERVIEW Trey Dail, of Wilson, North Carolina, stands in the bleachers during the Mule Days rodeo in Benson, North Carolina. For Cardinal & Pine This photo was included in Women Photograph’s 100 images from 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619756164-ISWYZC6E7PPJ4F70FPBI/2023WEBSITE_36.JPG OVERVIEW Jennifer Le Zotte, a history professor at UNCW, stands in her home in Wilmington, North Carolina. For over the past year and a half, she has been responsible for keeping both her two kids and her elderly parents safe while understanding the reality that there may never be a clear end to the pandemic. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619756447-87TM7L803V1HBPX51275/2023WEBSITE_37.JPG OVERVIEW The interior of the Temple of Israel is awash in light from the unique French stained glass windows in Wilmington, North Carolina. The Temple was built in 1846 and is the oldest Jewish house of worship in the state. The age of the building in addition to hurricane damage have forced the congregation to begin raising funds to restore the historic temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619758264-77426SYCOANKZWTHHEEZ/2023WEBSITE_38.JPG OVERVIEW Alex Galdamez, left, and his daughter Alexa Galdamez, 9, right, look up at the stars during a skywatching event at Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Raleigh Astronomy Club and the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center organized the event to coincide with the Perseid meteor shower. Over 4500 people registered for the event which drew seasoned enthusiasts and newcomers alike. For Cardinal & Pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619758237-J6EUXD5NUK07OKNASPX7/2023WEBSITE_39.JPG OVERVIEW Pool tables sit empty at the pier in Kure Beach, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694624363957-RZWWDHQAI0XAVV33R5YQ/PORTRAITS_09.JPG OVERVIEW A memorial walk for Johnny Davis, 19, who was shot and killed in West Palm Beach. Organizers Ricky Aiken and Terryon Chapman are part of the Inner City Innovators who are working on the issues of black on black crime. Since June, 22 young men have been shot in the neighborhoods northwest of downtown West Palm Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619760226-1TC84KWVW603S3DZYEBE/2023WEBSITE_40.JPG OVERVIEW - 2023WEBSITE_40. The Herritage bar hosts a drag brunch in honor of Pride Month in Kinston, North Carolina. The event takes place in rural Eastern North Carolina. Miss ENC Pride Michelle Michaels explains that it's easier to be accepted as a drag queen in bigger cities, but in rural communities it can be "a bit more tricky." For WUNC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619760205-I1F2R83OQYKVHQ5YV954/2023WEBSITE_41.JPG OVERVIEW Veruca Salt, a drag performer based in Raleigh, sprays her hair before performing at The Herritage in Kinston, North Carolina. Salt explains that she snuck into her first drag event at age 17. "I saw the local queens do an amazing show and knew instantly that all of my interests of makeup, hair, show business had a name, DRAG!" For WUNC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619762288-0ZYDTNJM64U2WRASTHC0/2023WEBSITE_42.JPG OVERVIEW After 25 years Michaels says she has drag great grandkids referencing all of the performers she has mentored over the years. She sees her role as paving the way to make drag "easier and more fulfilling as those before me did. As a momma to Eastern North Carolina I always hope to look out for them [young performers] and provide safe homes where all feel welcome." For WUNC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619762338-UVO8GAGE5K46JAJSVIC2/2023WEBSITE_43.JPG OVERVIEW A pro-abortion rally held at Innes Park in Wilmington, North Carolina following the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619764380-Y5QAVMJYA0I53XRYBG9S/2023WEBSITE_44.JPG OVERVIEW Congressional candidate Russell Fry addresses a crowd of supporters during a “Fry the Rice” campaign event at Cindy and Jim’s Ice Cream shop in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Fry, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, defeated challenging incumbent Tom Rice who was one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619764428-6BGGH3RZIUZ5HU53L2UF/2023WEBSITE_45.JPG OVERVIEW Judy Dorr, left, and her son Jerry Pate, right, stand outside of Cindy and Jim’s Ice Cream shop with their dog Milo during a “Fry the Rice” campaign event for congressional candidate Russell Fry in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619766680-2YZ66NS9RVD2YPYWSOBV/2023WEBSITE_46.JPG OVERVIEW Supporters of former President Donald Trump wait in line before a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619766520-80X52JR78SMOZ6YHP2ZS/2023WEBSITE_47.JPG OVERVIEW Tara Wood, left, Chair of the Charleston chapter of Moms for Liberty, and Vice Chair April Coleman, right, cheer during an event for presidential candidate Tim Scott at Charleston Southern University in Charleston, South Carolina. The Moms for Liberty group has over 100,000 members in chapters throughout the country and is being courted by many GOP candidates. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619768588-1341JWWJK5XTV9ABP2EQ/2023WEBSITE_48.JPG OVERVIEW Angelina Davenport, left, a member of the Berkeley County chapter of Moms for Liberty, talks with Berkeley County School Board member Michael Ramsey, right, after an event for presidential candidate Tim Scott at Charleston Southern University. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619768663-AY4N6U81BZSM29ONGJVH/2023WEBSITE_49.JPG OVERVIEW Jess Huntley, left, and Izzy Oberci, right, attend a rally for former President Donald Trump in Wilmington, North Carolina. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619769989-8MRHSHTXI41FE02UXHUJ/2023WEBSITE_50.JPG OVERVIEW Mikara Smith-Hendricks prepares Covid vaccines during an outdoor clinic hosted by her mother Dr. Karen Smith in Raeford, North Carolina. Dr. Smith has served the rural community for decades building trust with her patients and continues to hold conversations about the importance of vaccines. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619770290-5SQQOR1V6E5QK6G8KO03/2023WEBSITE_51.JPG OVERVIEW Medical supplies are laid out on a table during an outdoor vaccination clinic hosted by Dr. Karen Smith in Raeford, North Carolina. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619771547-ZI7WI7BEPHQKILQJJA8M/2023WEBSITE_52.JPG OVERVIEW Dr. Karen Smith receives a Covid booster vaccination during an outdoor clinic hosted by her practice in Raeford, North Carolina. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619771772-IFAOJEIRZXI137S37SBD/2023WEBSITE_53.JPG OVERVIEW Tammy Locklear, right, winces as she receives her very first Covid vaccine from Debra McLeod, left, during an outdoor clinic hosted by Dr. Karen Smith in Raeford, North Carolina. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619773064-M1E2BRXHGLIENDGLUT93/2023WEBSITE_54.JPG OVERVIEW Miss Lumbee Taylor Locklear, center, adjusts Riley Dial’s hair while Kynnady Locklear, left, looks on during the American Indian Heritage Celebration in Raleigh. Despite being one of the largest tribes in the eastern United States, the Lumbee Tribe continues to be denied federal recognition. For AARP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619773379-UI39ZFB6ZN5DL73W26TO/2023WEBSITE_55.JPG OVERVIEW Gage McClenny, of Clinton, dances with other members of the Coharie tribe during the American Indian Heritage Celebration at the North Carolina Museum of History. For The North State Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619774731-QF2TU2ABMI005LCZGZ4P/2023WEBSITE_56.JPG OVERVIEW Bernice Sack, 94, sets out silverware to have an afternoon snack of her famous cherry dump cake at the home she shares with her daughter in Hubert, North Carolina. In 1983 when Sack took out a universal life insurance policy, such policies were often earning double digits in interest. Now despite paying over $37,000 over the course of the policy, she must continue to make payments of $285 each month or risk losing the $20,000 she still hopes that her children will collect to help pay for funeral expenses when she passes away. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619774790-M0VCA5YC08HNPI667EVT/2023WEBSITE_57.JPG OVERVIEW Bernice Sack, 94, stands in her bedroom in the home she shares with her daughter in Hubert, North Carolina. For The Wall Street Journal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619776771-STHP6CXUAKNZ2HABHGSS/2023WEBSITE_58.JPG OVERVIEW A gravestone sits in the cemetery outside of the Jubilee Baptist Church in Chapel Hill. When the new church was replanted at this site, concerned families called to make sure the graves would remain untouched. For BuzzFeed News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619776635-6J1S0736MHPFCU0W3K7W/2023WEBSITE_59.JPG OVERVIEW Kevin Georgas, a co-pastor of Jubilee Baptist Church, closes the front doors of the churchÕs Chapel Hill location. A core tenet of the Jubilee Baptist Church is debt forgiveness and congregants are encouraged to apply for help with repaying debt as a means to liberate them from some of their burdens. For BuzzFeed News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619778489-89OKDY1U07WJ46B4ZK7R/2023WEBSITE_60.JPG OVERVIEW (Left to right) Terri Straka’s family John Raymund, Clayton Kiniry, Thaddeus Straka, Zachary Raymund, and Sophia Raymund, 5, help her move into her new home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Straka is part of a buyout program to relocate Horry County residents away from flood prone areas and into safer homes. Despite the emotion of leaving her former home of 30 years, Straka says the new place “is like a dream come true. It’s absolutely beautiful.” For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619778302-91RN3KS1NDTI9R2U283K/2023WEBSITE_61.JPG OVERVIEW Terri Straka, left, explores her new home with her granddaughter Sophia Raymund, 5, right, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Straka is part of a buyout program to relocate Horry County residents away from flood prone areas and into safer homes. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619779782-DV3VLP2PGWSV5X6MH81F/2023WEBSITE_62.JPG OVERVIEW Terri Straka talks with her family as they help her move into her new home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Straka is part of a buyout program to relocate Horry County residents away from flood prone areas and into safer homes. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619793329-F0U5F306SOAKYZGMSFFW/2023WEBSITE_78.JPG OVERVIEW Ben Williamson sits in the dining room of his home on Starcreek Circle in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He and his wife moved from New Jersey without seeing the house in person and without receiving information about the past flooding that has happened in the neighborhood. Now with a one-year-old they are weighing their options but Williamson says he plans to take the buyout. For The Washington Post https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619781645-HU53PVO1LYO1BQ6H3DTK/2023WEBSITE_64.JPG OVERVIEW Justin Walsh holds up his cross necklace while waiting for the Summit Church Easter Sunday service to begin at Walnut Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh. Pastor J.D. Greear, who leads the church, preached about eternal life after death and encouraged attendees to be baptized. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619780305-UH8493LLO4TZTKQNA7W5/2023WEBSITE_63.JPG OVERVIEW Anna Thomasson, 17, left and Lily Thomasson, 15, right, raise their hands in worship as they listen to music and watch people be baptized during the Summit Church Easter Sunday service at Walnut Creek Amphitheater. Thousands of people attended the service to hear Pastor J.D. Greear preach about salvation and the promise of eternal life. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619781622-Y3DUU8XHNWX6LCET8OSC/2023WEBSITE_65.JPG OVERVIEW Melissa Chin is baptized during the Summit Church Easter Sunday service at Walnut Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619783001-UKCSYTVTLC7CEOQRAWH4/2023WEBSITE_66.JPG OVERVIEW Emmanuel Kidibu is baptized during the Summit Church Easter Sunday service as his father Yabi Kidibu records the moment on two phones at Walnut Creek Amphitheater in Raleigh. Thousands of people attended to hear Pastor J.D. Greear deliver a sermon about salvation and the promise of eternal life. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619783211-KXXUCZ9JU6F832AP0A4N/2023WEBSITE_67.JPG OVERVIEW Pastor J.D. Greear, leader of The Summit Church, sits in the worship space at the church’s Brier Creek Campus in Durham, North Carolina. Pastor Greear, the former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, preaches to thousands of followers in the Triangle every Sunday whether in person or virtually at home or on one of the church’s ten other local campuses. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694624462369-5S0MYZWJYOPPI1O3RSGA/PORTRAITS_11.JPG OVERVIEW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619785097-PQQBZ9MC9OH53PE4RF6R/2023WEBSITE_68.JPG OVERVIEW Daniel Rivera stretches in the dressing room area with the female competitors at the 2018 Pole Sport Organization: Triangle Pole Championships in Cary, North Carolina. Twelve women competed for three qualifying spots for the PSO national competition but Daniel was the only professional male pole dancer at the Cary event. For Narratively https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619785282-6AO1ZSN8YMF8Q6NE0TZP/2023WEBSITE_69.JPG OVERVIEW Daniel Rivera, left, practices his routine during pole testing, alongside Makayla Freeman, right, before performances start in the 2018 Pole Sport Organization: Triangle Pole Championships in Cary, North Carolina. He was the only professional male pole dancer at the Cary competition and he qualified for nationals. Daniel, 22, who lives in Fayetteville, North Carolina, says "in high school teachers ask you what you want to be in five years. I never would have thought I'd be Mr. Pole Dance America.” For Narratively https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619786811-TUXN2WA93H3MDB2QPOEZ/2023WEBSITE_70.JPG OVERVIEW Children play soccer in the predominantly Hispanic trailer park off Hanes Road in Galax, Virginia. With a population of just around 7,000, the small town of Galax in rural southwest Virginia has one of the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the state. Young adults who were born in Galax or arrived as children are now starting families of their own. For NPR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619787162-M50N1I7DJAPCX1LGM2K9/2023WEBSITE_71.JPG OVERVIEW A cross stands outside a home in Galax, Virginia. With a population of just around 7,000, the town of Galax in rural southwest Virginia has one of the fastest-growing Hispanic populations in the state. Residents in town have a wide range of views about immigration as the community continues to struggle with the decline of the textile and furniture industries that were once the primary providers of middle class jobs. For NPR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619788246-F1MF9WTXI9Q8YBAB7NDA/2023WEBSITE_72.JPG OVERVIEW Crates of sweet potatoes fill a curing and storage facility at Kornegay Family Farms and Produce in Princeton, North Caorlina. North Carolina produces 67% of the country’s sweet potatoes and curing the sweet potatoes allows the starch in them to convert to sugar to give them their characteristic sweet flavor. For The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619788729-1WDNS64XJAC90V1CHSAB/2023WEBSITE_73.JPG OVERVIEW Farmworkers harvest sweet potatoes at Kornegay Family Farms and Produce in Princeton, North Carolina. North Carolina produces 67% of the country’s sweet potatoes. Kornegay Farms ships a steady supply of sweet potatoes throughout the year and with harvesting just over halfway done, they do not anticipate any disruptions to distribution ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. For The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619789880-0NH1DE5TIQHO0OG6TNRY/2023WEBSITE_74.JPG OVERVIEW Carrie McClain manages Hart-T-Tree Farms, the business that her father started in the late 1970s, based in Grassy Creek, North Carolina. The farm specializes in Fraser fir Christmas trees and sends them all over the country. McClain is also on the Ashe County Christmas Tree Association board. Ashe County produces the most Christmas trees of any county in the country with approximately 12,000 acres used for the crop. For AARP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619790426-Y5MJWY5E0N7VU58DNQL4/2023WEBSITE_75.JPG OVERVIEW Hart-T-Tree Farms in Grassy Creek, North Carolina. The farm specializes in Fraser fir Christmas trees and sends them all over the country. McClain is also on the Ashe County Christmas Tree Association board. Ashe County produces the most Christmas trees of any county in the country with approximately 12,000 acres used for the crop. For AARP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619791457-W0CO59SSCT1G98AVEF9I/2023WEBSITE_76.JPG OVERVIEW Hart-T-Tree Farms in Grassy Creek, North Carolina. The farm specializes in Fraser fir Christmas trees and sends them all over the country. McClain is also on the Ashe County Christmas Tree Association board. Ashe County produces the most Christmas trees of any county in the country with approximately 12,000 acres used for the crop .For AARP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619791702-PLEJWMBV6FF11ZW8PWYA/2023WEBSITE_77.JPG OVERVIEW Earl Armstrong, Giblem Lodge #2 Worshipful Master, stands inside Giblem Lodge in Wilmington, North Carolina. The lodge, which was built in 1871, is the second oldest Masonic temple in the state. Plans are currently underway to preserve and restore the historic building. For WilmingtonBiz Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619795223-K7DO1UUQKW3MYGDKBNXS/2023WEBSITE_81.JPG OVERVIEW Renee Stewart stands outside the building that used to house Taylor Fish Farm on her family’s land in Cedar Grove, North Carolina. The fish farm was hailed as an innovative success story just a few years ago until Stewart and her brother Valee Taylor became embroiled in a battle to access loans and crucial capital to sustain their business. For Mother Jones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619797074-52ENA23M8OX9NHFPVBBZ/2023WEBSITE_83.JPG OVERVIEW Levi Grissett holds a photo of his wife Frances McMillan Grissett, and himself at his home on his family land in Supply, North Carolina. Grissett, who has become know for his unique heirloom collard greens, only started growing collards because his wife liked them. She passed away in 2009 but Grissett has continued to garden as he has done since he was young. For NPR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619796207-2HXWSGK8DU4K5YY6VL2E/2023WEBSITE_82.JPG OVERVIEW Levi Grissett harvests his legendarily large collard green plants on his family land in Supply, North Carolina. Grissett convinced his friend A.D. Munn to give him some heirloom collard green seeds that date back over 100 years. Now Grissett has become know locally for his special collards which he never sells but gives away to older members of the community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619797607-UB0D2UCBWQRFDF44W9VD/2023WEBSITE_84.JPG OVERVIEW Commissioner Nancy Barbee sits along the banks of the Trent River in Pollocksville, North Carolina where generations of her family have grown up. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619798732-YL7RUF6LLHXKK3FHGUS0/2023WEBSITE_85.JPG OVERVIEW The Trent River winds its way through Pollocksville, North Carolina. During Hurricane Florence in 2018 the river covered all but the very top of the bridge. The flooding caused extensive damage to the town of less than 300. Now the town is five years into a seven year recovery plan to make the community more resilient to future storms and to use the natural beauty of the area as a draw for visitors. For The Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619802356-7822J3HR48Y08IU48GTO/2023WEBSITE_90.JPG OVERVIEW Terry Jackson, a board member of the Giblem Lodge, stands on the third of the historic building as restoration and preservation is underway. Giblem Lodge, which was built it 1871, is the second-oldest Black Masonic Temple in the state. For WilmingtonBiz Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619799164-4PSEF6N8RU18XX46AYF0/2023WEBSITE_86.JPG OVERVIEW South Carolina State Supreme Court Justice Kaye Hearn stands in a courtroom at the Horry County Judicial and Administration Complex in Conway, South Carolina. Justice Hearn played a crucial role in helping to strike down the stateÕs six-week abortion ban. Due to age limit restrictions, Justice Hearn recently retired and is currently considering what new path to take for the first time since she became a judge in 1986. For ProPublica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619800499-GDT6M6SSFEQU5IIQMWTU/2023WEBSITE_87.JPG OVERVIEW Michael Schneider, a retired Marine Corps Master Sergeant, holds a leather Bible cover he made in his garage studio at his home in Swansboro, North Carolina. He uses art and music therapy to help manage his epilepsy and PTSD following a traumatic brain injury. The Semper Fi Fund, which supports injured military service members and veterans, built Schneider’s studio and he in turn has been teaching leatherworking through their programs. For NPR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694624474220-IINQUGPIWDT9J8I4LP43/PORTRAITS_14.JPG OVERVIEW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619800984-RJSGKUXT7W2W319KRDTR/2023WEBSITE_88.JPG OVERVIEW Rachel Shenk, right, and her son Mason Shenk, 3, left, stand in the open-air turkey enclosure on their farm in Newport, North Carolina. Rachel explains that one of her primary motivations in starting a farm was “so that we could do it as a family.” She hopes that one day Mason will find his own way to be involved in the farm. For NPR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694619803259-V754ZHWFT5LZ0PUDOKX4/2023WEBSITE_91.JPG OVERVIEW The sun sets on the Ensign Harbor Marina in Merritt, North Carolina. Dan Parsons and Perry Cooper dock the sailboat that they lived on for six months during the pandemic at the marina. For The Washington Post http://madelinegrayphoto.com/portraits-1 daily 0.75 2020-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093583783-Q0FOUMO0KN97OJVP8T2P/PORTRAITS_01.JPG PORTRAITS (Left to right) Stephanie DeGraffenreid, Shannon Taylor, and Renee Clark take a break from cleaning an Airbnb in Kinston, North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093583783-Q0FOUMO0KN97OJVP8T2P/PORTRAITS_01.JPG PORTRAITS (Left to right) Stephanie DeGraffenreid, Shannon Taylor, and Renee Clark take a break from cleaning an Airbnb in Kinston, North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093583467-2UJG4VF1JBE719ELIIFO/PORTRAITS_02.JPG PORTRAITS Taric Thomas, 19, of Lake Worth, dresses as the statue of liberty to advertise for Liberty Tax services. Taric said he applied for a job at every store in the shopping plaza but Liberty Tax was the only one that called him back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093586143-TU2FR16JWBOHVACV4NEA/PORTRAITS_03.JPG PORTRAITS Soyoung Cobb, who has owned Downtown Wig Mart in Wilson for 45 years, says that wig sales are down 65 percent over the past four years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093586302-I14IFA746DZZKXYDA2H3/PORTRAITS_04.JPG PORTRAITS Elaine Hill, of Palm Beach Gardens, does Nellie Larimore's hair at Fashionaire Salon in Lake Park. Larimore, 99, of North Palm Beach, has had her hair done by Hill for the past 30 years. Now that Fashionaire Salon is closing, all of the clients will have to follow their hairdressers to new salons or find other options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093587219-9XYJ0EZ0C98EDMOUDFZI/PORTRAITS_05.JPG PORTRAITS Peyton Brown, of Goldsboro, adjusts her hair backstage before competing in Miss North Carolina’s Outstanding Teen contest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093589107-RWAHP1PYLXEXUN8ZDQ03/PORTRAITS_06.JPG PORTRAITS Lori Glenn, of Durham, wears purple eyelashes to complete her outfit as queen of the Mardi Gras celebration in downtown Durham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093590827-ARY113C9N5WUTZCEKQV4/PORTRAITS_07.JPG PORTRAITS Daniel Tomas and Tim Lemuel sit above a booth at Ruby Deluxe, the legendary queer space night club, in Raleigh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093592592-GECJE0R2TSF6C8NBTW8Z/PORTRAITS_08.JPG PORTRAITS The King and Queen costume competition of the Miami Broward One Carnival at the Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill. Malcolm McSimon, of Northwood, presented his costumes for individual female and the queen categories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093594002-9ADMTQ9KGFE4QZN5VTWZ/PORTRAITS_09.JPG PORTRAITS A memorial walk for Johnny Davis, 19, who was shot and killed in West Palm Beach. Organizers Ricky Aiken and Terryon Chapman are part of the Inner City Innovators who are working to bring awareness to the violence happening in the neighborhoods northwest of downtown West Palm Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093595240-SD3MM13UPCQ1H382GNI6/PORTRAITS_10.JPG PORTRAITS Pamela Wilson gathers with other protestors outside a Trump rally in Fayetteville. Thousands of people attended the rally which was one of Trump's many appearances in North Carolina ahead of the March 15th primary in 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093595425-P8IPF2269U2DRAPGL5MT/PORTRAITS_11.JPG PORTRAITS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093596946-EBN6O22PY4X13VGQ7UKA/PORTRAITS_12.JPG PORTRAITS Shaw University junior Tyler Ford, who created an app that matches those searching for a job with open positions, stands in the university's new Entrepreneur Center in Raleigh. The center which will open next week will provide a collaborative work space for students, business leaders, and community members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093597467-X1EH2ZWTGRFY2QG4Y2GT/PORTRAITS_13.JPG PORTRAITS Nikita Alston, of Durham, arrives at a Fight for 15 minimum wage rally in Durham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093600033-5A05F5OA3CFW12FJ3MU5/PORTRAITS_14.JPG PORTRAITS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093600231-EW7UM6YFES8FZ7104ABX/PORTRAITS_15.JPG PORTRAITS Bill Lawson, 94, is a former educator from Kinston who spent his spare time photographing his family, friends, and community over many decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093601997-K4T2UF61WRQ5ZESFTVLX/PORTRAITS_16.JPG PORTRAITS Tyerica Barrett says Kinston, North Carolina, needs “more things for the youth to keep them out of trouble and keep them occupied.” She adds the options that are available are “something you have to pay for and people can’t afford it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093602985-FV83Q0ILRZD9WGGLR8U6/PORTRAITS_17.JPG PORTRAITS Frazier Hardy, 77, rakes up discarded ears of corn to keep a neighboring farmer’s land clean after he and his family were harvesting corn. Hardy and his 80-year-old brother Sylvan Hardy are still active farmers who grow corn to feed livestock or to sell to the Social House Vodka distillery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1609093603415-TI9S6MPTCP8REX11HGBZ/PORTRAITS_18.JPG PORTRAITS Andrew Fabroni (77) and Ulises Mora (80) attend practice for the Greene Central High School football team in Snow Hill, North Carolina. http://madelinegrayphoto.com/farmers-1 daily 0.75 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982665699-P21ZPAGJCGJAAWNS72Y3/FARMERS_01.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER In 1999 following the largest ever civil rights settlement in the history of the United States, Black farmers in North Carolina believed that perhaps their situations would change. The USDA had finally acknowledged discriminatory practices when it came to lending for minority farmers. Now perhaps they would stop losing their land at rates far faster than white farmers. Perhaps they would have equal access to vital farm loans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982665699-P21ZPAGJCGJAAWNS72Y3/FARMERS_01.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER In 1999 following the largest ever civil rights settlement in the history of the United States, Black farmers in North Carolina believed that perhaps their situations would change. The USDA had finally acknowledged discriminatory practices when it came to lending for minority farmers. Now perhaps they would stop losing their land at rates far faster than white farmers. Perhaps they would have equal access to vital farm loans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982667360-TRV1T85QN9D2ICGNIO6N/FARMERS_02.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER The Black farmers of North Carolina were some of the first to desegregate their schools. They had been targeted by the Ku Klux Klan as crosses burned in their front yards. They were pulled off school buses and beaten. Their parents were sharecroppers. The Black farmers who are still working today grew up picking cotton and growing tobacco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982669963-A2IMGLMX0Y12DR645ITE/FARMERS_03.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Now over twenty years after Timothy Pigford filed his historic civil rights lawsuit, many Black and Native American farmers in North Carolina continue to struggle to find innovative ways to stay on their land. Finding niche markets such as organic farming has allowed many to make ends meet. But without access to capital and resources, their hopes the farming will be a viable career for their children often seems like a distant dream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982671933-PJGVVH7JJPP2ZBWDS0FR/FARMERS_04.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Connie Locklear processes chickens outside with a fan to keep the flies away. She and her husband raise the chickens for eggs and for their own consumption, not to sell the meat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982676516-LQXYEQL9D8X2QY68DV0T/FARMERS_05.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Chicken feet fill a bucket after Connie and Millard Locklear spent the day processing chickens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982677597-3N9DE5WZNI4V6S70AZ5J/FARMERS_06.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Connie Locklear, right, walks with her son Duncan, left, through a field of flowers on their family’s ancestral land where they have farmed for generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982685727-4OF012UX8850OYU72TG1/FARMERS_07.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Duncan Locklear plants sweet potatoes on his family’s farm. His parents hope that one day he will take over the farm which has existed for over 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982685727-SYNHW6XI4MQBCP854SGQ/FARMERS_08.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER James Shackleford, 74, of Snow Hill, works on his farm with his neighbor Mike Phillips as they try to repair one of the tractors. Shackleford explains that he has faced the racist practices of USDA employees and lenders as he has been able to piece together a living from his farm. He and his wife Geraldine "Pat" Shackleford sell their produce to the community and to a few local grocery stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982689090-Z8347EL5B46RCHVGMS7U/FARMERS_09.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Tony Shackleford hauls brush on his father’s farm. Tony works in IT but comes home occasionally to help. Although his parents would like to pass the farm onto their son, they also understand that farming can be a difficult life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982691238-SHCUIBVUPZOO9GNATUDF/FARMERS_10.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Former extension agent Haywood Harrell sits in the office on his farm in Tillery. Few Black farmers still exist in Halifax County and many Black landowners now rent their land to white farmers. Harrell, however, continues to grow cotton, corn, soybeans, peanuts, and other crops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982695020-2XGP7IC9ZWZ0OUC9GCXH/FARMERS_11.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Connie Locklear, right, and her son Duncan Locklear, left, take a break from farming. Connie makes traditional Native American tinctures from the plants she grows on land that has been in her husband’s family for over 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982698209-EL45ESRSBZ4BHIE1LWU1/FARMERS_12.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER A hymnal sits on the table at the community center in Tillery. Civil rights and social justice advocate Gary Grant recognizes the power that the Black community had when they were united. However, now with "seven black Baptist churches within five miles, how are we going to be unified," he asks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982703563-6PQHZ26MYO7PZW3MVYDR/FARMERS_13.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Evangeline Grant sits in her home which originally belonged to her parents in Tillery. Grant's family fought the government for 30 years to maintain control of the land after their farm was foreclosed on in 1978. Evangeline and her brother Gary Grant felt that they had to stay close to home in order to help protect their parents. "We could have led other lives," Evangeline explains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982708569-QZ0BSDBZBTTAYBEDB50B/FARMERS_14.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Funeral programs sit on a shelf in Evangeline Grant’s home in Tillery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982709984-AUC0722F287JNN493F7U/FARMERS_15.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Millard Locklear, left, talks to visitors on his farm in Pembroke while his granddaughter listens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982713436-XJR767JLIZH6QHPE34HS/FARMERS_16.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Doris Davis organizes donated food at the community center in Tillery. She and Gary Grant are descendants of the original families who relocated to Tillery as part of a government resettlement program for former Black sharecroppers. Most of the descendants no longer farm their land but rather rent it out, often to white farmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982714613-YHZ42875O92Y0LP4TN9W/FARMERS_17.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER A photo book sits on the table at the History House museum which chronicles the experience of relocated Black farmers in Tillery. Tillery was one of nine sites throughout the country where the government offered land for sale to former Black sharecroppers as part of a resettlement program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982718593-RMNRRD58HASI4R5JM5TK/FARMERS_18.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Gary Grant stands in the offices of the Concerned Citizens of Tillery in North Carolina. Grant led the community, which was originally made up largely of relocated Black farmers, in civil rights and social justice advocacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982720712-PCBB83JHUC0NBLIVZAB6/FARMERS_19.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Stanley Hughes puts together boxes to fill with kale he grows on Pine Knot Farms north of Durham. The farm is over 100 years old and now grows organic produce including tobacco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982721507-P70N3KT70UEVC9HT27QK/FARMERS_20.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Duncan Locklear holds radishes at his family’s farm in Pembroke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982723691-BQV5PKYBE0YAJWQDD41H/FARMERS_21.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER Jeffrey Lea weighs and packs kale at Pine Knot Farms north of Durham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982724113-FR9DQ7RC819RHR86CDTP/FARMERS_22.JPG FARMERS: 20 YEARS LATER James Shackleford, 74, works on his farm on a sweltering May day. Shackleford works day and night to keep his farm running. Despite many hurdles over the years, the work is a labor of love and he feels a deep connection to the land. http://madelinegrayphoto.com/mullett daily 0.75 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982880967-NGI3NPXDDBH1N64V5Y38/MULLETTS_01.JPG MULLETT MOB After Gwen and Jason Mullett lost their first baby to a miscarriage, they started to consider adoption. One day while Gwen was crying in Janie Rhoads’ office at the adoption agency, Rhoads mentioned that five siblings were looking for their forever home. The kids had come from a traumatic background of abuse and neglect but Gwen and Jason didn’t hesitate at the chance to provide the first loving, stable home the kids had known. Gwen now dedicates her days to football practices, middle school dances, and tutoring her youngest in reading. Although much of their life seems like the normal day-to-day of any family, the Mullett Mob, as they’re called, continues to navigate the challenges of creating an entirely new family almost overnight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982880967-NGI3NPXDDBH1N64V5Y38/MULLETTS_01.JPG MULLETT MOB After Gwen and Jason Mullett lost their first baby to a miscarriage, they started to consider adoption. One day while Gwen was crying in Janie Rhoads’ office at the adoption agency, Rhoads mentioned that five siblings were looking for their forever home. The kids had come from a traumatic background of abuse and neglect but Gwen and Jason didn’t hesitate at the chance to provide the first loving, stable home the kids had known. Gwen now dedicates her days to football practices, middle school dances, and tutoring her youngest in reading. Although much of their life seems like the normal day-to-day of any family, the Mullett Mob, as they’re called, continues to navigate the challenges of creating an entirely new family almost overnight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982879994-4QBUIQPV140WYFTR63UU/MULLETTS_02.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982884937-EX30K3SNQQZ6NDUYM4OQ/MULLETTS_03.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982885669-CPEX8598OGM4HNEA5YJY/MULLETTS_04.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982887082-G7UH699BFSS8GYH5G4F3/MULLETTS_05.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982889341-CSMJ1VIG2Z83E64ZQQWP/MULLETTS_06.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982891303-B77GEVZV78S241L8MP5J/MULLETTS_07.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982895004-N40M6EQAB7RAC3LSE80E/MULLETTS_08.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982896693-QH5YL7D3H2HNY8HJBLXJ/MULLETTS_09.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982904032-BQ582QZSWIU5VSI1KNC3/MULLETTS_10.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982905195-VEHE9I6R776BIB2Y3407/MULLETTS_11.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982908028-J1MF5PA39QDRU62GJWIF/MULLETTS_12.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982908884-ZYXG3AU188P7OOAJPVO3/MULLETTS_13.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982909988-G00X02CBPYPJT2HY83VO/MULLETTS_14.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982911169-VZWBA2JOBZJB7QLTDVHF/MULLETTS_15.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982912665-4RO8N1C06AF5QG4KCJUU/MULLETTS_16.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982913553-J4FGSBJYTKC4JCVQ2DML/MULLETTS_17.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982914285-TOCFHG50WS4EUG1XVDOO/MULLETTS_18.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982919508-KEJU690E2FHM8NZ4IVQO/MULLETTS_19.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982919124-F1T31Y5UYFUMQAQOR95Y/MULLETTS_20.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982921222-AYU8QARZD3GHXDHPCGPY/MULLETTS_21.JPG MULLETT MOB https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1607982922279-L713704TYNJL9HCVF7EI/MULLETTS_22.JPG MULLETT MOB http://madelinegrayphoto.com/north-carolina daily 0.75 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150153321-IANTIJXYX0B3UCS3Y5OY/NORTH_03.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Angie Royal says she wears a lot of jewelry because she wants to imitate her great-great-grandmother who always wore platinum. Platinum is too expensive though so she sticks to white gold and silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150153321-IANTIJXYX0B3UCS3Y5OY/NORTH_03.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Angie Royal says she wears a lot of jewelry because she wants to imitate her great-great-grandmother who always wore platinum. Platinum is too expensive though so she sticks to white gold and silver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150155136-ZUBACDNBMVWHDX7G4GBR/NORTH_04.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Miss Warsaw Middle School Zequoia Sanderson sits on top of a car for the 96th annual Warsaw Veterans Day parade as her mom Cathy Barden, left, and Zena Bell, in the car, prepare to ride in the parade as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622929501-ESU6OJ0MI1IMT2C5X6M9/NORTH_CAROLINA_03.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA - NORTH_CAROLINA_03.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622929609-8P93WP0TOXF1JXO8N1YM/NORTH_CAROLINA_04.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA - NORTH_CAROLINA_04.JPG Soyoung Cobb, who has owned Downtown Wig Mart in Wilson for 45 years, says that wig sales are down 65 percent over the past four years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622930734-E6L96TM9J206DZOO0OWK/NORTH_CAROLINA_05.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA - NORTH_CAROLINA_05.JPG Contestants compete for the crown in the 80th Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150156962-B1QZ23F5W3FT36T1354W/NORTH_05.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Contestants compete for the crown in the 80th Miss North Carolina Scholarship Pageant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150151857-PEUIAZ9XK441KOPG2S24/NORTH_01.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Gary Grant, a Black farmer who fought his entire life to keep his family’s native land, explained that North Carolina tricked the entire country with one word, “North.” This is a visual exploration of that idea and the traditions of this uniquely southern state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150152358-4TTAUK7F309UWN1GVO4W/NORTH_02.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Artist and landscape designer Preston Montague holds a freshwater mollusk. "Everything that I do is a water story," he says. "In the water was when I was the most free. I felt like I could fly." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150159941-0OON7FMP92G575TXUFBN/NORTH_06.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Firefighters Jarrett Blackmore and Dillon Southerland keep the American flag from touching the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150160190-G6D8W07D00VVQWXBJ1PJ/NORTH_07.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Joan Best, left, and Kempie Riley, right, listen to a band during Veterans Day celebrations in Warsaw. Veterans Day holds a special place in Best’s life. “I’ve had two husbands and both of them are veterans,” she laughs and her daughter was born on Veterans Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150161784-8J7AR6H43BTL56MQKG9H/NORTH_08.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA A ribbon adorns a door in downtown Warsaw for the town’s 97th Veterans Day Celebration. The celebration is considered to be the longest running consecutive Veterans Day celebration in the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150164404-L1UPXUYIM6CHI41PRK98/NORTH_10.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Jewell Register, 75, sucks on a lollipop while waiting for a train to pass before the Warsaw Veterans Day parade resumes. Jewell has been attending the annual Veterans Day festivities since she was a little girl. The town’s population has remained right around 3,000 people since the 1970s and Register says the parade hasn’t changed much either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150169218-DG26PJU7CR1K0LR0DGCZ/NORTH_11.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Baked goods cover the table during a BBQ lunch at the Warsaw firehouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150168738-ZEAWX0VZCMGGGL2LCM2I/NORTH_12.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Sudan Roadsters wait for the Warsaw Veterans Day parade to begin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150171388-8TPYZM47IUFA48CNVINB/NORTH_13.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Miss North Carolina Outstanding Teen contestants run off stage to go change for preliminary competitions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150172591-NAMSPHMWWIA20WK66SQK/NORTH_14.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Belles Anna Raines, Olivia Walton, and Leah Avent attend a tea in their honor at the New Hanover County Arboretum. Their outfits consist of nine different pieces - the hoop dress, parasol, pantaloons, gloves, barrettes, cape, purse, dress bag, and handkerchief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150173707-99KRCCWHVTD9WMEL5HI1/NORTH_15.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Photos of past Azalea Festival belles hang on dressmaker Kay Godwin's wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150174895-XB2Y45QMDTK3E511EUYE/NORTH_16.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Meatless meat loaf sits on Kaiden Clark's plate for dinner on her last day of school before summer break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694623144768-ZVKMDXAFSG21KA9Z5FO2/NORTH_CAROLINA_19.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA - NORTH_CAROLINA_19.JPG Bill Lawson, 94, is a former educator from Kinston who spent his spare time photographing his family, friends, and community over many decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150176245-4ENGUOINY4UHDYYGXKVG/NORTH_17.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA The blessing of the hounds takes place on the opening day of fox hunting season. The hounds are blessed in accordance with a tradition dating back to medieval days when St. Hubert, the patron saint of hunters, was thought to keep the hounds safe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150177385-351SMURHWBERVWYJ0ZRI/NORTH_18.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA The 2016 North Carolina Poultry Jubilee Court rides on a float through Warsaw as part of the town's 96th Veterans Day Parade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622931130-FD62UOPD7G5GODHSPE2O/NORTH_CAROLINA_22.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA A cross stitch of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse hangs in Maria and Paul Linden’s beach house in Avon, North Carolina. The house represents a dream that the Lindens say they have had for a long time. They bought the ocean front property in October 2020 and have hosted many family gatherings there already in addition to renting it out during the summer. A strong line of dunes in the back of their property makes them feel more secure from future storms, sand erosion, and sea level rise. The beach will also be the site of a nourishment project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622931980-7RYM5ZOJLSIDWSQ9HZWK/NORTH_CAROLINA_23.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Hanna Philipp, left, and Ken Macior, right, dance together at the ninth annual Oktoberfest celebration in Calabash, North Carolina. The festival featured the Harbour Towne Fest Band, which Macior founded nearly 30 years ago, as well as a bierstein holding contest, arm wrestling, and traditional Bavarian food such as bratwurst and pretzels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622932400-Y5M6HITWS8UU1ZSXF2S9/NORTH_CAROLINA_24.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Pastor Litisha Dawson attends the Hats and Heels event in Kinston, North Carolina. Pastor Dawson hosted the event which featured numerous speakers from the community as well as some singing and dance performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622933415-XANKXM64VHHSUQQMWCEL/NORTH_CAROLINA_25.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade and Commemoration in Wilmington, North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622933967-JEX8404PK9RLFLI6J073/NORTH_CAROLINA_26.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade and Commemoration in Wilmington, North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622936924-BAWUXC2CV6C63TYL5SD6/NORTH_CAROLINA_32.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Attendees enjoy traditional Bavarian food such as bratwurst with sauerkraut, pretzels, and potato salad at the ninth annual Oktoberfest celebration in Calabash, North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622937813-Q07KR5M3LU22RTOKTPMG/NORTH_CAROLINA_33.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA - NORTH_CAROLINA_33.JPG Walt Kraybill leads the crowd in a song at the ninth annual Oktoberfest celebration in Calabash, North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622938474-D13HU3SDKGMY6JFDI5KD/NORTH_CAROLINA_34.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA - NORTH_CAROLINA_34.JPG Ted Gittings performs with the Harbour Towne Fest Band at the ninth annual Oktoberfest celebration in Calabash, North Carolina. The festival featured the band which was founded nearly 30 years ago, as well as a bierstein holding contest, arm wrestling, and traditional Bavarian food such as bratwurst and pretzels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622939107-I2H0H0LBYEV9H0X6P4SP/NORTH_CAROLINA_35.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Nancy Miller competes in the women’s division of the bierstein holding challenge at the ninth annual Oktoberfest celebration in Calabash, North Carolina. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1694622939998-7QE2R9DJDBYZIRZQ64IW/NORTH_CAROLINA_36.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA - NORTH_CAROLINA_36.JPG Lori Glenn wears purple eyelashes to complete her outfit as queen of the Mardi Gras celebration in downtown Durham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150179236-ZGXHQR2L64LVAN2YTJM9/NORTH_20.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA Rides at Kinston’s BBQ Festival, also known as the local hog happening, twirl late into the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1608150180175-1XZ1TI2WBQB3WJQP8RN2/NORTH_21.JPG "NORTH" CAROLINA A disco ball sits in the closet at Adkin High School in Kinston. Adkin was the predominantly Black high school in Kinston and the site of a civil rights walkout organized by students in 1951 to protest the unequal distribution of resources for schools in town. http://madelinegrayphoto.com/university-work daily 0.75 2023-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572754194-WSSMVX3ICOO51UJ1NQBR/University_01.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Kiera Worthington adjusts her mortarboard before Lenoir Community College graduation on Thursday evening, May 9, 2019. [Madeline Gray / Free Press] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572754194-WSSMVX3ICOO51UJ1NQBR/University_01.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Kiera Worthington adjusts her mortarboard before Lenoir Community College graduation on Thursday evening, May 9, 2019. 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Four students and a faculty member shaved their heads or donated ten inches of hair, while others volunteered at food and face painting stations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572760061-MWK7WIO3QH16OUHAHZF9/University_10.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Physicians Assistant student Laura Barton delivers gym equipment to Burton Elementary School on Friday, April 26, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572760392-TR6LDF8EXSAE9TI4G9YE/University_11.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Duke University Physicians Assistant students host a health fair for fourth graders at Burton Elementary School in Durham on Friday, April 26, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572760869-B5K4QDNZV1OPIEMWDFHN/University_12.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Physicians Assistant students participate in the St. Baldrick’s fundraiser at the West 94th Street Pub in Durham on Sunday, April 28, 2019. 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UNIVERSITY WORK Duke University Physicians Assistant students host a health fair for fourth graders at Burton Elementary School in Durham on Friday, April 26, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572764656-WTMFBTSG6VV0CHCYEJDJ/University_19.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Duke University Physicians Assistant students host a health fair for fourth graders at Burton Elementary School in Durham on Friday, April 26, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572766338-G5JS6OSIRFH9OR6MSNNI/University_20.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572766241-W5S7CJ6H8GJN5JX9GN65/University_21.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572767501-AB16CFHYR7JDLBPU7MXG/University_22.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572767600-0TVAKK2KCGMNBRYF01GZ/University_23.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Graduation ceremony for the Duke University Physician Assistant program at the Washington Duke Inn on Sunday, May 12, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572768760-55VJRX5S0I070AL3QW0M/University_24.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Graduation ceremony for the Duke University Physician Assistant program at the Washington Duke Inn on Sunday, May 12, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572768926-0367P3VJG2O3GQG5CJ70/University_25.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Graduation ceremony for the Duke University Physician Assistant program at the Washington Duke Inn on Sunday, May 12, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572770303-FO5KAHTGW367RZY50PH3/University_26.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Graduation ceremony for the Duke University Physician Assistant program at the Washington Duke Inn on Sunday, May 12, 2019. 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2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572773015-UTY0H79GIX9XBSMIVCEG/University_31.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Community Resource Fair hosted by Duke University Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the NC Cooperative Extension Office in Durham on Saturday, June 22, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572774573-6YUZYO71AW95VLJ7P6FW/University_32.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572775023-L0NTWLA09NJ2OJOP8MMV/University_33.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572775584-1UW3TFX59B5NLMJH9KZS/University_34.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572776123-VB3VIBPWI5XN1V303NVQ/University_35.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK 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UNIVERSITY WORK Ophthalmology Department images at the Duke Eye Center on December 17, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572779015-RMDDO3M9O4GB19XPFZ4K/University_41.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK The inaugural Duke PA Summit hosted by the Office for the Promotion of PA Practice at the Trent Semans Center on October 26, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572779381-W0PTWVXYV439PB8BJO7L/University_42.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK The inaugural Duke PA Summit hosted by the Office for the Promotion of PA Practice at the Trent Semans Center on October 26, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572780250-K0VI68AHYC5HQRDAE188/University_43.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK The inaugural Duke PA Summit hosted by the Office for the Promotion of PA Practice at the Trent Semans Center on October 26, 2019. 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WORK White coat ceremony for the Duke University Physician Assistant program on Friday, August 9, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1641572784459-A62PE3Q544X4QKZQYAVX/University_49.JPG UNIVERSITY WORK Group portrait of the Physician Assistant class of 2021 at Duke University on August 12, 2019. http://madelinegrayphoto.com/queen-of-the-port-city daily 0.75 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1696255048057-FEH5WSENRMNUYIFO1ZEH/QUEEN_01.JPG QUEEN OF THE PORT CITY Tara Nicole Brooks has performed in drag for more than three decades and become a local legend in Wilmington. She’s performing nearly 20 events this June, alongside many other local performers, including a Pride block party hosted by several local bars that brought hundreds of people out into the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1696255048057-FEH5WSENRMNUYIFO1ZEH/QUEEN_01.JPG QUEEN OF THE PORT CITY Tara Nicole Brooks has performed in drag for more than three decades and become a local legend in Wilmington. She’s performing nearly 20 events this June, alongside many other local performers, including a Pride block party hosted by several local bars that brought hundreds of people out into the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1696255047803-AYVUZJOQEWPPW9A4QSTS/QUEEN_02.JPG QUEEN OF THE PORT CITY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1696255051774-HU2Z3DIS9S0Q3SJUCMVP/QUEEN_03.JPG QUEEN OF THE PORT CITY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1696255051788-F38YHFWUIIJOOZ5WDD13/QUEEN_04.JPG QUEEN OF THE PORT CITY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/509e99bee4b081ffff742698/1696255055042-2SQ2M85P9806G4U2OK28/QUEEN_05.JPG QUEEN OF THE PORT CITY Brooks grew up in the small rural town of Beulaville, North Carolina. After her mother passed away when she was young, she spent much of her time with her grandmother who taught Brooks how to sew. She eventually moved to Wilmington and began performing in drag shows. Ibiza became Brooks’ second home soon after it opened in 2001. On stage, amongst the pulsing lights and pounding music, she is at peace. “Any sadness goes away,” she says. “Any anxiety goes away. Everything else just fades away. 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She plans to have a blow-out birthday party at Ibiza, where murals of her adorn the dressing room and collages of her hang behind the bar. She has no plans to slow down. “If it stops being fun, I’ll stop,” she says. 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