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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings stretches his legs while watching other students work out at the weight lifting facility at the Beaufort Middle School on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings and his weightlifting coach Ray Jones discuss the 14-year-old's weight before competition during the car ride to practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings practices his snatch, clean and jerk at Cross Fit Beaufort while training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings practices his snatch, clean and jerk at Cross Fit Beaufort while training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings holds his Best Overall Lifter trophy  on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina, that he won at the 2013 Pan American Sub 15 Championships. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Like most 14-year-olds, CJ Cummings spends time in front of a television in his spare time before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon drives a pick-up truck through the dirt streets of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012, on Sapelo Island, Ga. The roads in the African Geechee-Gullah community are simple dirt roads without traffic signs, marking or lighting. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county threatening an already fragile community. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Casting for bait off a state owned dock, Brandon Dixon fishes the creeks about Sapelo Island, Ga. The residents, whom many are decedents of slaves, share the island with Department of Natural Resources and the University of Georgia. Much of the infrastructure such as boat docks, paved roads and fire equipment are provided by state college or agency. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon throws a cast net for bait along one of the salt water creeks on Sapelo Island, Ga. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Lula Walker, left, cleans up after serving dinner for more than 50 guests at her restaurant Lula's Kitchen on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Mrs. Walker is one of several African  Geechee-Gullah residents facing a property tax increase close to 1,000 percents from 2011 county tax assessments. Walker can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings takes a break for water  on July 14, 2014 in the hallway of the Beaufort Middle School in Beaufort, South Carolina. The 14-year-old will attempt to break the U.S. record for the clean and jerk lift of 152.5 kg (336 pounds) when he competes at the Open Men's Nationals later this month. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Coach Ray Jones, center, uses the dry eraser board to motivate CJ Cummings, front right, during a work out at the Beaufort Middle School on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings is competing at the Open Men's Nationals in July.  (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings talks with a fellow lifter on July 14, 2014 at the Beaufort Middle School weight lifting facility in Beaufort, South Carolina. The 14-year-old will attempt to break the U.S. record for the clean and jerk lift of 152.5 kg (336 pounds) when he competes at the Open Men's Nationals later this month. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Shouting over the clammer of steel weights, CJ Cummings talks about technique with Caleb Gee, left, and Cal Laffite, right, at the weight lifting facility at the Beaufort Middle School on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings is competing at the Open Men's Nationals in July.  (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings and his weightlifting coach Ray Jones discuss the 14-year-old's weight before competition during the car ride to practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings practices his snatch, clean and jerk at Cross Fit Beaufort while training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings rests between sets at Cross Fit Beaufort while training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings, right, clean up at Cross Fit Beaufort after practices with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Like most days CJ Cummings gets picked up by his weightlifting coach, Ray Jones, picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Like most 14-year-olds, CJ Cummings spends time in front of a television in his spare time before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings touches noses with his niece Christian Cummings before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon throws a cast net for bait along one of the salt water creeks on Sapelo Island, Ga. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the only public access ferry used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Sapelo Island resident Maurice Bailey catches a quick nap on the ferry back to the mainland from Sapelo Island, Ga. The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the public access ferry that is used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the only public access ferry used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the only public access ferry used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the only public access ferry used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Framed by spanish moss dripping from live oak trees, the sun rises on a creek bank of spartina on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Casting for bait off a state owned dock, Brandon Dixon fishes the creeks about Sapelo Island, Ga. The residents, whom many are decedents of slaves, share the island with Department of Natural Resources and the University of Georgia. Much of the infrastructure such as boat docks, paved roads and fire equipment are provided by state college or agency. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Sapelo Island resident Maurice Bailey deposes of trash at the dump at on Sapelo Island, Ga. State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources employees and residents must maintain the site. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county threatening an already fragile Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources employee Stanley Walker wipes his face while maintaining the trash dump on Sapelo Island, Ga. State employees and residents must haul their trash to the dump and maintain the site. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county threatening an already fragile Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Lula Walker takes a break after serving dinner to customers at her restaurant Lula's Kitchen on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Mrs. Walker is one of several African  Geechee-Gullah residents facing a property tax increase close to 1,000 percents from 2011 county tax assessments. Walker can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Several family members from Chicago visiting Lula Walker eat at her restaurant Lula's Kitchen on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Mrs. Walker is one of several African  Geechee-Gullah residents facing a property tax increase close to 1,000 percents from 2011 county tax assessments. Walker can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Brandon Dixon and Cornelia Bailey stop to talk on one of the main dirt roads in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012, on Sapelo Island, Ga. Many of the residents of the community can trace their heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. The residents are facing higher property taxes, threatening an already fragile community along the Georgia coast.(Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Rainwater collects in the ruts of dirt roads in the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island, Ga. Many of the dirt roads in the small community of 70 residents are without traffic signs, markings or lighting. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • July 8, 2000; East Dublin, GA, USA; Henry Wilkerson of Kite, Ga. finished last Saturday, July 8, 2000 in the Hub Cap Hurling contest during the Fifth Annual Summer Redneck Games in East Dublin, Ga when his toss boomeranged back and landed a few feet away. The longest toss traveled nearly 50 feet for a first place prize. Photo by Stephen Morton/ZUMA Press.
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings, right, stretches his legs while the other students work out at the weight lifting facility at the Beaufort Middle School on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. A former U.S. Olympic coach has called Cummings "the best weightlifter this country has ever seen." (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings turns the light out at Cross Fit Beaufort after training with weightlifting coach Ray Jones on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings is competing at the Open Men's Nationals in July.  (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings finishes his chores before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: CJ Cummings, center, listens to his mother Savasha Cummings in their home on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina.  Cummings is a 14-year-old power lifter who has been lauded as the next great home for an American weightlifting medal at the Olympics. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • BEAUFORT, SC - JULY 14: Like most 14-year-olds, CJ Cummings spends time in front of a television in his spare time before his weightlifting coach picks him up for practice on July 14, 2014 in Beaufort, South Carolina. Cummings, who is 5-foot-2, is part of a resurgence of interest in Olympic weightlifting in the U.S. (Photo by Stephen B. Morton for The Washington Post)
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  • The sun rises on a creek bank filled with spartina on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources employee Stanley Walker maintains the trash dump at on Sapelo Island, Ga. State employees and residents must haul their trash to the dump and maintain the site. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county threatening an already fragile Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Cornelia Bailey walks her dog in the yard outside her trailer-home in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 in on Sapelo Island, Ga. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax assessor's office. Bailey can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Hog Hammock resident Cornelia Bailey talks to a neighbor   in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 in on Sapelo Island, Ga. Bailey and many of the residents in the community can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Watching for rain Cornelia Bailey sits in the yard outside her trailer-home in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 in on Sapelo Island, Ga. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax assessor, threatening an already fragile community. Bailey can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Clouds move in as the afternoon ferry leaves the Geechee-Gullah community on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon drives a pick-up truck through the dirt streets of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012, on Sapelo Island, Ga. The roads in the African Geechee-Gullah community are simple dirt roads without traffic signs, marking or lighting. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county threatening an already fragile community. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon drives a pick-up truck through the dirt streets of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012, on Sapelo Island, Ga. The roads in the African Geechee-Gullah community are simple dirt roads without traffic signs, marking or lighting. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax assessor, threatening an already fragile community. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • A small wooden row-boat on the bank of a creek near a salt-water marsh near the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry load bed of a pickup truck with items during the mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Members of the pantry will deliver this load to rural poor who can not make it to the food drive. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
    AJC-Rural Food-071420-008.JPG
  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Lottie Harris of Swainsboro, Ga., waits in line for her turn at the Summertown Food Pantry drive. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Summertown Food Pantry volunteer Paul Pierre of Swainsboro, Ga., has been helping the pantry distribute food the rural poor. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
    AJC-Rural Food-071420-012.JPG
  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry take part in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
    AJC-Rural Food-071420-011.JPG
  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry distribute in a mobile food drive at the Summertown Baptist Church. Food insecurity was already worse in rural Georgia before the pandemic began. The virus has only exacerbated those disparities and increased concerns that families are now facing hunger. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: The Plaza Pharmacy is has difficult to find items such as isopropyl alcohol, hand sanitizer and disinfecting hand wipes for sale near the front door. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: The managers of the Plaza Pharmacy insist that all customers where masks before entering the store. If they don't have one, disposable masks are available near the front door. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Summertown Food Pantry volunteer Paul Pierre leads a group in prayer, blessing the food they are about to give to the 116 people lined up in their cars. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Golden Harvest's Jay Carter lowers a palette of boxed food from the back of his truck before the start of the mobile food drive in front of the Summertown Baptist Church. Golden Harvest donated 5,480 pounds of food during the drive. Members from the Georgia National Guard help distribute the food to over 100 cars in line. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry places food into the back seat of a car. Most members of the food drive practice social distancing by placing boxes in the trunk or back seat. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: A volunteer with the Summertown Food Pantry places a box of food into the back seat of a car. Members of the food drive practice social distancing by placing boxes in the trunk or back seat. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Golden Harvest donated 5,480 pounds of food in boxes as volunteers from the community wait to start the drive. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Golden Harvest's Jay Carter lowers a palette of boxed food from the back of his truck before the start of the mobile food drive in front of the Summertown Baptist Church. Golden Harvest donated 5,480 pounds of food during the drive.  (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • SUMMERTOWN, GA - JULY 14, 2020: Velma Dawson of Summertown Ga., waits for her perception at the Plaza Pharmacy. Dawson wears a tee shirt from her organization the Project Mask 2020 that reads, "I became a mask maker because your life is worth my time." (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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