James Meredith before his speech at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gulfport on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021.

Erin Campbell poses with a portrait of herself taken in 1998 for a modeling shoot that she says reminds her of a time when she knew something was going wrong in her life. Campbell suffered a stroke during surgery that left her blind following a suicide attempt in 2014.

Patricia Trombetta, 65, of Newport poses for a portrait outside her office in downtown Cincinnati on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. Trombetta, an attorney, has returned to working in her in office after 8 months and a battle with coronavirus.

Cool Digs owner Saraquoia Bryant stands in front of her kenaf plant that grows behind her shop. Kenef is a plant similar to hemp as it is also a bast fiber but it is more closely related to hibiscus plants than cannabis.

Jacqueline Davis, 34, and her daughter Jarica Hutchingson, 5, pose for a portrait inside Davis’ apartment in Westwood on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Davis has been single handedly taking care of her four children, including Hutchingson, during the pandemic despite having her hours cut at her job.

Billy and Gayla Guice pose for a photo on the spiral staircase inside their 6,000 square foot house for sale off of Rue Rivage in Ocean Springs on Friday, June 9, 2023.

Trey Calloway, of Crestview, Florida, shows off his grill during Black Spring Break in Biloxi on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Barry Art Museum Interim Director Charlotte Potter Kasic poses for a portrait with Paul Stankard's "Caladenia Orchid", one of the pieces that will be displayed in the upcoming exhibit Orchids: Attraction and Deception, at Barry Art Museum on Old Dominion University's campus in Norfolk on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.

Linda Tscheiner, 57, stands outside her house in Green Township as she hosts a yard sale on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Tschiener plans on voting for Trump this election and says most of her neighbors plan on voting for him as well.

A nurse peers out of a COVID-19 patient’s room in the ICU at Memorial Hospital in Gulfport on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Hospitals along the MS Gulf Coast have few to no ICU beds available.

Co-director of Tantrum Theater's production of Rhinoceros Jose Carrasquillo surveys the stage during a rehearsal on November 17, 2019 in the Forum Theater.

Tabatha Piraino holds her silicone breast implants in her hands at her Harrison County home on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Piraino had the implants removed in November after she determined they had been the cause of unexplained symptoms, including brain fog and body aches. The doctor who removed them agrees she was suffering from breast implant illness.

Jonathan Pitchford, stewardship coordinator for the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, drives a boat through the estuaries at Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.

Becky Montgomery Jenner, a member of the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund Advisory Board.

Current owners Ellis Anderson, left, and her husband Larry Jaubert, right, pose for a portrait on the front porch of the former Webb School House on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021.

Mason Cottrill poses for his portrait inside The Plains Volunteer Fire Department on Nov. 13, 2018 in The Plains, Ohio. Cottrill’s father is one of the firefighters.

Frank Gann stands in front of the Lady Luck Casino dragon in his backyard on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. Frank and his wife Marlene have had the dragon since the Lady Luck Casino closed, making small modifications and restorations to it overtime.

Tiffany Scheid, who was the manager at Motel 6 in Bay St. Louis on Dec. 13 when two police officers were shot and killed in the parking lot, stands in the doorway of the room the perpetrator — veterinarian named Amy Brogdon Anderson — had rented the night of the shooting, on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Scheid said she has struggled with her mental health since the shooting, as she knew both of the officers: Sgt. Steven Robin and Branden Estorffe, and has since quit working at the motel.

Reproductive and Sexual Health Initiative researchers at Ohio University pose for a portrait on Oct. 15, 2018.

Hamilton County Sheriff candidate Charmaine McGuffey poses for a portrait in downtown Cincinnati on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020.