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Standing in rays of light falling through smoke mixing from cigarettes and burgers, Nikki Wilson shows the "BT" sign for the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on November 30, 2011.
A bridge over the Yazoo River, which separates north and south Greenwood, Mississippi on April 1, 2012.
A football practice in Greenwood, Mississippi on August 2, 2012.
Winky Williams checks Brandon's '40 to see if there's one in the chamber before stepping behind the abandoned building and popping three off in the air in the middle of the day in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. After entering prison at the age of 14 for seven and a half years, reintegration into society has been difficult for Winky, now 27, who struggles to find a legitimate income to provide for his family.
"Fat Man" takes early steps towards his mother's friend as they spend time together on a front porch on July 3, 2010 in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi.
(L-R) Pat Hawkins, Roger "Winky" Williams, Eddie "Head" Taylor and Robert Pritchett load into a van on the fourth of July in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi before driving out to the lake in Grenada on Sunday, July 4, 2010.
Diving into the pool at the Greenwood Country Club on May 19, 2012 in Greenwood, Mississippi.
Siblings draw on an improvised chalkboard in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on November 30, 2011.
The Falcon marching band prepares to participate in the annual Christmas Parade in Greenwood, Mississippi on December 2, 2011.
Light makes its way through a stand of cypress trees in a swamp in north Greenwood, Mississippi on August 8, 2012.
Sheriff Ricky Banks in Greenwood, Mississippi on August 7, 2012. He has held this office for more than 30 years.
A young woman strikes an open-legged pose on the hood of a car as a group of young men cat call her in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on September 23, 2010.
Members of the Benford family spend time on their porch in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on August 4, 2012.
A group of young people builds a tower of beer cans at a party in north Greenwood, Mississippi on August 8, 2012.
Dwight Harris plays pool in Odessa Nicks' one-room bar in Baptist Town, Mississippi on Saturday, May 22, 2010.
After the Viking 5K run in Greenwood, Mississippi on March 31, 2012.
Vickie Wooten cooks dinner for her three children in Baptist Town, Mississippi on Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Her husband, a four-time convicted felon, is currently serving time in prison for running guns. Vickie and her children were evicted a few months later for not being able to pay their rent.
A cooking class at The Alluvian Cooking School in Greenwood, Mississippi on December 3, 2011.
August Malouf pushes a little girl on a swing at a house party in Greenwood, Mississippi on May 20, 2012.
Sonya Maggitt strikes a pose, showing off her outfit, in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi before going out clubbing on September 25, 2010.
Workers lay turf for a yard in north Greenwood, Mississippi on May 24, 2011.
Young men hang out in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on September 27, 2011.
A birthday celebration at Giardinia's restaurant in Greenwood, Mississippi on May 26, 2011.
A pizza lunch at Delta Streets Academy in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 29, 2011.
Jarvis Benford on the sidelines during a Delta Blaze semi-pro football game at Amanda Elzy High School in Greenwood, Mississippi on July 28, 2012.
People prepare to enter the church before a wedding rehearsal ceremony in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 30, 2011.
Korwin "Quan" Wilson, dressed in his Sunday best, waits for his great aunt, Ellen Wilson, to get ready for church on Sunday, July 4, 2010. Quan's mother was killed in a car accident when he was a child and he has been raised by his grandmother ever since.
A young woman checks her phone while at a club in Itta Bena, Mississippi.
A wedding rehearsal dinner in Greenwood, Mississippi on September 30, 2011.
"You tryin' to hustle, well I'm hustlin' too!" yells a young woman hired as a stripper, as she sits on the bed of a hot-boxed a hotel room during an argument with the men who hired them to perform at a bachelor party in Greenwood, Mississippi on February 18, 2011. The young women, initially booked at a rate of $100 each for an hour raised their price to $150 per dancer per hour, with the young men not agreeing to the new price. The groom-to-be is otherwise indisposed that evening, so when the girls storm out, the guys rally and head to a club.
During greeting time, an older man shuffles across the aisle to extend his hand to someone he does not know at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Greenwood, Mississippi on August 5, 2012.
Soldiers raise a basketball goal after it fell while they were playing in Greenwood, Mississippi on May 20, 2012.
Korwin "Quan" Wilson, 17, stretches as he awakes in his aunt Ellen "El" Wilson's bed in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on Saturday, February 19, 2011. The night before she had to be taken to the hospital for medical complications and after returning to her house, Korwin fell asleep in her bed, his aunt on the sofa.
Fallen soldiers sleeping the morning after a party at a home in north Greenwood, Mississippi on August 9, 2012.
Ellen "El" Wilson lies in bed smoking a cigarette a few months after suffering a stroke in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on Thursday, November 4, 2010. Daily she must deal with a number of health issues including her sciatic nerve laying on her spine, which makes it difficult for her to walk. Her children Jabari and Nikki work to support their mother who applied for SSI in 2006 but has allegedly still not received anything.
The wake of Demetrius "Butta" Anderson, 18, in Greenwood, Mississippi on Thursday, November 4, 2010. Butta was shot and killed on October 27, 2010 by a man he had assaulted a year before. His older brother was shot and killed in 1996 and his cousin, Bianca Keys, was also 18 when she was murdered in 2009. Butta's girlfriend is pregnant, due in December.
(L-R) Jabari Wilson sits next to his cousin Korwin "Quan" and mother Ellen in the dining room of the home he shares with his mother, sister Nikki and her girlfriend Dominique in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on Saturday, November 6, 2010. Jabari and his sister Nikki both work to support their mother who has a number of health problems and is unable to work. Quan (center) lost his mother in a car accident as a child and has been raised by his grandmother ever since.
A young man lit only by the dim glow of street lights stands on the corner of Young and Pelican late at night in the Baptist Town neighborhood of Greenwood, Mississippi on Thursday, November 4, 2010.
Dialia Wooten walks home from church in Baptist Town, Mississippi on Sunday, May 23, 2010. The youngest of three children, her father is currently in prison for running guns. Dialia's mother Vicki stresses the importance of an education to rise above their surroundings and the children all proudly bring home above average grades.