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Michael (front) and Leon Vaughn arrive home, North Galvez Street
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Inside of Hester Vaughn's house (Michael and Leon's mother), North Johnson Street
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Michael's house, Noth Galvez Street
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Little Mike (Michael's son), North Galvez Street
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Leon in his FEMA trailer, Central City
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Little Mike in their FEMA trailer, Central City
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Running into relatives in Walmart. On the road with Shirley and Winnie to visit their mother, Ms. Hester Vaughn in a nursing home, Montgomery, Alabama
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Winnie and Hester
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Dolores and her mother, Hester
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Hester and her grandsons
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Hester's 96th birthday
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Skip, Winnie's husband, Orleans East
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Winnie inside their house during renovations, Orleans East
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Michael on deserted North Galvez Street (wanting to return home)
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Leon and Hester
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Joanne Brown, gospel singer and long-time family friend with Hester, Central City
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Celebrating little Mike's birthday with family outside Michael's FEMA trailer, Central City
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Hester returns to her home for the first time, North Johnson Street, Lower 9th Ward
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Hester returns to her home for the first time, North Johnson Street, Lower 9th Ward
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Hester returns to her home for the first time, North Johnson Street, Lower 9th Ward
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Michael rebuilds on North Galvez Street (two years after Katrina), Lower 9th Ward
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Leon (one of the most celebrated organ players in NOLA), after church
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Winnie living in her renovated home, Orleans East
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Michael moves into his new home, North Galvez Street, Lower 9th Ward
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Little Mike, home, North Galvez (hand symbol for the Lower 9th)
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Hester on her 97th birthday with family at her son Milton's house, Orleans East
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Arrival of Hurricane Gustav
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Winnie prepared to evacuate, Orleans East
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Supporting Hester
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Skip caring for Hester as her health is failing, Orleans East
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Leon, True Vine Baptist Church, 7th Ward
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Hester's funeral, True Vine Baptist Church, 7th Ward
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Leon
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Church members
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Dolores and Michael
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Family
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George, Winnie's son
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