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Photo and story by Arienne Jackson When Christen Johnson was 13 years old, she became interested in commercial modeling. Initially, she believed she would never be a model, but one... Read More

Photo and story by Janesha Bryant In 2006, at age 5, Jaliyah Armon was in a car accident with her father. She was burned on the face, and trauma to... Read More

Photo and story by Octavia Mannie One day in 2017, Jacoby Grover was doing his usual job, pushing the carts to the front entrance of Kroger’s Grocery Store. However, on... Read More

Photo and story by Cymone West On a typical day in 2017 at Blackburn Middle School, one could find rowdy classrooms with distracted students playing games, singing songs and doing... Read More

Photo and story by Inajas Perry  It all started when Dyahda Nolan’s mother, Shirley, met her boyfriend, Johnny. On Sept. 4, 2004, Nolan, who was 4 years old at the... Read More

Photo and story by Jaliyah Armon   One night, Janesha Bryant was settling down in her bedroom. She had recently received a new TV and excitedly picked it up. Suddenly,... Read More