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Livingroom Dance, A couple dance in their living room to some old blues music.

Hairdresser, There are no hairstylists for blacks in Fayette so one woman does styling for both men and women in a kitchen.

Mirror, Life down at the Bottom, the poorest section of Fayette, is a series of complex interactions.

Football Game, At a high school foorball game, black people form their own social group.

Cleaning up, A black man cleans up a bar just before closing. He earns five dollars a night for the job.

Steps, Children play in front of a house located in the black section of Fayette down the road from the courthouse in the distance.

Fayette is a small, rural town in central Missouri. Over 20 percent of its residents are black, the largest percentage for a small town in Missouri. There are no blacks on the school board or city work force and many blacks complain about a lack of…

Catherine rests, and takes a drink of soda.

Catherine laughs as she runs along the beach.

Catherine at a window in her home.