"We live in the shadow": inner-city kids tell their stories through photographs

Part I. Kids with cameras : "What do you want to tell be about this picture?"

The photovoice methodology

Part II. History and transformation of South Central : "Don't be a menace to South Central while drinking your juice in the hood"

"Send them all to Iraq"

Part III. Kids' school stories : Teachers and dirty bathrooms

"She's gettin' her learn on"

Part IV. Kids' neighborhood stories : "I was just scared"

Garbage, alleyways, and painted doors

Part V. Kids' family stories : Strain of a heart

To hope for something

Appendix A. Participants by race/ethnicity, gender, and age

Appendix B. University of Southern California Neighborhood Academic Initiative Program Graduate Survey, 1997-2011

Appendix C. Assignments and questionnaires.