Slideshow - Black in Elkhart

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Tyrone Crockett talks about his life and the current economy at Saleh's Market in Elkhart, Ind. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. Crockett is unemployed and trying to land a job to support his family. The market is a small store that has a large African American clientele in a lower income neighborhood on the east side of town.

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Six-month-old Brendayah Dale is the daughter of Willy Dale. The senior Dale was talking about the economy at Saleh's Market in Elkhart, Ind. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. The market is a small store that has a large African American clientele in a lower income neighborhood on the east side of town.

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Elkhart resident Willy Dale hugs his six-month-old daughter Brendayah Dale. Tuesday, August 18, 2009.

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Elkhart resident Willy Dale holds his six-month-old daughter Brendayah Dale as he talks about the economy at Saleh's Market in Elkhart, Ind. Tuesday, August 18, 2009.

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Visual Designs Hair Studio co-owner Violet Simon talks in her Elkhart, Ind. salon about the need for everyone to work together to get through the tough economic times Tuesday, August 18, 2009.

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Visual Designs Hair Studio co-owner Denise Gary sits beneath an inspirational poster in her Elkhart, Ind. salon as she talks with co-workers and clients Tuesday, August 18, 2009.

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Visual Designs Hair Studio stylist Angela Hackworth, back, and client Barbara Hartwell laugh and talk as Hackworth works Tuesday, August 18, 2009.

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Tyrone Crockett is reflected in a mirror at Saleh's Market in Elkhart, Ind. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. The market is a small store that has a large African American clientele in a lower income neighborhood on the east side of town.

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Six-month-old Brendayah Dale is the daughter of Willy Dale. The senior Dale was talking about the economy at Saleh's Market in Elkhart, Ind. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. The market is a small store that has a large African American clientele in a lower income neighborhood on the east side of town.

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Rowena Gutierrez's garage is where she holds her weekly "Broke Ain't No Joke Sale" where she has been selling all her possessions in order to pay her home and medical bills. Gutierrez was a nurse for 20 years and is now unemployed with no medical benefits and is foreclosing on the house she and her daughter, Gretchen Logan, 14, live in.

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Rowena Gutierrez's holds a weekly "Broke Ain't No Joke Sale" where she has been selling all her possessions in order to pay her home and medical bills. Gutierrez was a nurse for 20 years and is now unemployed with no medical benefits and is foreclosing on the house she and her daughter, Gretchen Logan, 14, live in.

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Rowena Gutierrez's holds a weekly "Broke Ain't No Joke Sale" where she has been selling all her possessions in order to pay her home and medical bills. Gutierrez was a nurse for 20 years and is now unemployed with no medical benefits and is foreclosing on the house she and her daughter, Gretchen Logan, 14, live in. Her house is now basically empty except for two beds. The work out machine she is seen sitting on was bought from her sale and has yet to be picked up.

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Malik Boswell, 9, runs his hand over his new haircut at the Back to School Health Fair at the Old Roosevelt School Saturday, August 15, 2009. Thousands of families waited in a line that stretched around the building for hours for the opportunity to access free services such as haircuts, physicals, and to receive backpacks and food items.

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Betty Lopez, right, instructs SanJuana Guzman, left, and her son Kevin Guzman on where to join the line for physicals at the Back to School Health Fair at the Old Roosevelt School Saturday, August 15, 2009. Thousands of families waited in a line that stretched around the building for hours for the opportunity to access free services such as haircuts, physicals, and to receive backpacks and food items.

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Tara Morris, Executive Director of Minority Health Coalition, talks about the Back to School Health Fair at the Old Roosevelt School Saturday, August 15, 2009. Thousands of families waited in a line that stretched around the building for hours for the opportunity to access free services such as haircuts, physicals, and to receive backpacks and food items.

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The sidewalk on Indiana Avenue is filled with people standing in line at the Old Roosevelt School at the Back to School Health Fair Saturday, August 15, 2009. Thousands of families waited in a line that stretched around the building for hours for the opportunity to access free services such as haircuts, physicals, and to receive backpacks and food items.

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Treyci Lazaro, 15, leans on a friend as she anticipates getting an immunization shot at the health fair at the Roosevelt Center in Elkhart, Ind. Saturday, August 15, 2009. Thousands stood in line for up to four hours to gain access to back to school necessities. Lazaros' mother Letica Lazaro is at left filling out the paperwork.

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The morning sun casts shadows of the long line of people waiting to enter the health care fair at the Roosevelt Center in Elkhart, Ind. Saturday, August 18, 2009.