American Poverty

07/25/02, Pembroke, IL-Fuschia Williams, 8, ate her dinner, spaghetti with neck bones, on her bed at their house in Pembroke, IL. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????

07/25/02, Pembroke, IL-Lacheir Daniels braiding her daughter's hair, Kealicia Williams, 11, reading book, as other siblings played around at their house in Pembroke, IL. They are Leearius Williams, 6, second right, Thomas Talley, 2, right, Lacheir Talley, 4, front left, and Fuschia Williams, 8, center front. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????

07/25/02, Pembroke, IL-Leearius Williams, 6, could not wait for his turn to eat spaghetti with beef neck bone as his mother Lacheir Daniels, left, gave the dish to Kealicia Williams, 11, back center, at their house in Pembroke, IL. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????

07/23/02, Pembroke, IL-Marcus Anthony and his mother at their house in Pembroke, IL. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????

07/24/02, Pembroke, IL-Fuschia Williams, 8, jumped with the wire as Kealicia Williams, 11, front right, and Leearius Williams, 6, behind Fuschia, not seen in the picture, turned the wire they used instead of the rope at their house in Pembroke, IL. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????

07/23/02, Pembroke, IL-Fuschia Williams, 8, left, holding the door knob, her sister Kealicia Williams, 11, right, and her brother Leearius, 6, center, at the enrance door of their house in Pembroke, IL. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????

07/24/02, Pembroke, IL-Leearius Williams, 6, facing the mirror and sitting next to the door, and his mother Lacheir Daniels, right in the mirror, with Thomas Talley, 2, second right, and Lacheir Talley, second left, reflected in the mirror at their house in Pembroke, IL. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????

07/24/02, Pembroke, IL-Leearius Williams, 6, left, and his brother Thomas Talley, 2, right, at their house in Pembroke, IL. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????

07/24/02, Pembroke, IL-Lacheir Daniels holding her son Thomas Talley at sunset at their house in Pembroke, IL. (Cr:Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) Sack#20020????