Kyle Green

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Margret Fariss (left), age 85 waits for her hair to dry, at Richard's Salon of Beauty located at 3021 Westover in Roanoke, Virginia. Owner, Richard Eakin, a licensed Cosmetologist, has known Margret "since the Woodrow Wilson administration", and cut her hair since 1945. Richard has been at his current location since 1986, and he is in his 61st year of hairdressing. "I wouldn't let anyone else touch my hair. I just adore Richard", said Margret.
   
Rev. John Fox is one of two ministers in Roanoke who will celebrate 50 years of preaking on Sunday, May 4, 2008. Rev. Fox is pictured here with his bible in front of window shades basked in the light of sun through stained glass, inside the Belmont Baptist church located at 825 Stewart Ave. SE in Roanoke, Virginia.
   
Portrait of Alphonzo Holland Sr., age 89, who attended the Harrison School while Lucy Addison was principal. Holland is pictured walking by remains of the Kieser Music Store on 1st Street NW in Roanoke, Virginia. Holland used to walk past this store on his way to his first job, a janitor for Norfolk & Western making 38 cents an hour, which he started in 1938. Talking about the historic "Negro" (Holland's words...he doesn't like the term African American) area of Roanoke, much of which has been moved or is in disrepair, "Time marches on...you have to march with it or you get left behind". Alphonzo (Al) Holland Sr., 89, recalls Lucy Addison calling the children into school from the top of the Harrison School steps: "She'd ring a bell and say, "Come children! Come children!" Black teachers "imparted that knowledge to us that you did well, and then you helped lift up the people coming behind you."
     
  
Roanoke resident, Johnnie Turner, is pictured in his vegetable garden where he grew a 5 and 1/2 pound sweet potato. Johnnie has only grown sweet potatoes for two years and is extremely proud of the size of this potato.
   
  
     
  
   
  
     
  
   
Emma Jane James, lifelong Appalachia, Virgnia resident, demonstrates the greeting Mayor of Appalachia, Ben Cooper, had for her when he would drive by her house. "I'd be sittin' in my front yard...and out come the bird", Emma stated. Emma stated that the recent indictments of Ben Cooper and thirteen other people was a good thing for the town of Appalachia..."that makes it (the Appalachia centennial celebration, being held tonight) a good birthday (for the town)...to get rid of the creeps".
  
Gulfport Mississippi resident, Billy Bova patrols his neighborhood with a 12 gauge shotgun eight days after Hurricane Katrina. The neighborhood where Billy and his girlfriend Sharron own a house in suffered extensive damage. Power and water are still out, and gunshots have been heard in the area in recent nights. Billy said that Gulfport Police have told him that he should be prepared to defend himself and his property.
     
  
Joseph Landry, dressed as President Obama, holds a set of three toy babies as he performs "street theater" along with Randall Terry, Director, Operation Rescue Insurrecta Nex (off camera) in front of Mark Warner's office in Roanoke, Virginia. Randall Terry picked Roanoke to kick off his "street theater" tour of 10 protests in five cities to criticize Democrat-led health care reform plans in Washingtonn. Terry said in a news release Thursday that demonstrators will travel by bus to Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and West Virginia.
   
"Bill", homeless camp, Portland, Oregon.
   
     
  
   
  
Seamstress, Mildred Prater, tailors a uniform at Sam's On The Market store in dowtown Roanoke on Monday afternoon. Mildred has worked at the store for 16 years.