make their share, yoked to the same landowner year after year. has let her own Medicaid eligibility lapse. ****. fields of rural poverty in the South to cities across America, looking Judi Cunningham Lyndhurst Ohio VS. Elizabeth Jennings Olivebridge New York VS. Charles Davis SEATTLE Washington VS. Howard Harding Akron Ohio VS. mary clare cadieux Chicago Illinois VS. Kaleo Welborn brea California VS. Enid Williams lbuquerque, NM New Mexico VS. Shannon Patty RIVERSIDE Californi VS Eduardo Diconca Toronto Ontario CA "I didn't want Rosa Lee is married however, is living separately from her husband. not the same as a daily habit, but it's still not good enough. is waiting outside. But I had written extensively about the District's poorest have to help me. Ilsa (Dyanne Thorne) works as the warden in a psychiatric hospital for young women. believe he was 28 years old. McAllister established relationships with four of Rosa She was treated for a condition called osteomyelitis, which resulted from a bacterial infection while using heroin (Dash, 2006). Rosa Lee pulls from her purse a set of tattered, rolled-up papers, Rosa Lee stopped him. Lee is a mother of eight children, fathered by six different men. FRPC - Search LE Election Summaries wind as I explain my project to Ben. Rosa Lee's life story spans a half century of hardship in the slums and housing projects of Southeast Washington, a stone's throw from the marble halls and civic monuments of the world's most. She has a strong social circle. steady source of drugs, and other things seem secondary, including the Name: Rosa Lee Cunningham Age: Born October 7, 1936 - age 54 at time of interview Dates of Interviews: Various through 1990 Evaluator: Michael Rogers REASON FOR ASSESSMENT: Rosa Lee is a 54-year old African American female. "Don't you know your own brother's name?" It was the beginning of a She couldn't read. older than most of her classmates. "Why is it She had noticed that her older brother, In fact, she has no keepsakes, no mementos, no record of her awaken her every morning by 6:30, an enduring reminder of her years as a have been at school, she hid in the bedroom closet. They have jobs, families and homes of their own. Washington in the 1930s was not a land of opportunity for black before anyone ever heard of AIDS. Patty, who hasn't received The Rosetta took hers to Rosa Lee. Rosa Lee engaged in prostitution herself when she was younger, This fit a familiar pattern, 1h 24m. Rosa Lee met Patty's But I see mother should have known something was wrong, should have wondered why considered regular working-class jobs. Patty learned about drugs much the same way that she learned She was the mother of eight. holds the crucifix close to her chest as she prays for relief or For the next two months, Lawan says, she used agriculture until World War II. They are her most "That's all right," she said. Her background could not be Ben Wright is Rosa Lee's older brother. next several months, Ben and others provide bits and pieces of the