Black and White – Page 71 – photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

family

These are my people, my father, mother and sister. They all arrived or departed this life in February. Miss them everyday.

balance

Tilly has been working on the concept of delayed gratification.

Chris

A great newsman of Charlottesville. Chris Callahan of WINA. Ask Chris any question about Virginia politics, he knows the answer.

Nan

Nan Perdue, (photographer unknown). A year since the formal good bye.

sunrise Town Creek

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who names these things?

It seems the name of this passageway is Amstel Avenue. How about Amstel Alley?

schoolkids

school children — .

May 4, 1972 UVA

guerrilla theater — On the 2nd anniversary of the Kent State shooting unknown individuals stage guerrilla theater on the UVA lawn.

protestor — At this point it had been four years since the My Lai massacre, but the poster “Q. And Babies? A. And Babies…” was persistent.

Annette

George Bannister's front porch — Neighbors from Wake Forest, Montgomery County, Virginia. Annette Sherman on the left, Steve and Marie’s daughter. Have lost contact, (37 years ago). If you know her, say hello.

UVA May 24, 1981

George H.W. Bush gave UVA’s commencement address in 1981. Lots of hand made signs greeted him:
STOP U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIRD WORLD HUNGER AND TORTURE
U.S. GUNS KILL U.S. NUNS
THIRD WORLD RIGHTS
IRA
STOP THE NIXON NONSENSE
HUMAN SERVICES NOT MISSLES
Stop the Nixon nonsense? Nixon had been out of office for seven years.

The text of Bush’s speech is available. Of interest to the Charlottesville City Council, Bush spoke about the importance of basic civility in dealing with each other in public affairs.