Voices of South L.A.
Hyacinth Noble, left, and Brandi Thibodeaux, right, surround Pierre Dupree after learning that he had voted in Tuesday’s election. They were at a monthly meeting of student leaders at Crenshaw HIgh School and were discussing Barack Obama’s historic victory in the presidential race. “You didn’t even tell us you had voted and you didn’t wear your sticker,” they teased Dupree, who replied that he was saving his “I Voted” sticker at home. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
At the monthly meeting of student leaders at Crenshaw High, Chavin Hannah talks about Barack Obama’s presidental victory. Oh, they also discussed the school’s fall formal and homecoming game. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Brandi Thibodeaux, left, with classmates in the Crenshaw High School library, talked about watching President-elect Barack Obama’s acceptance speech with other supporters at First AME Church in Los Angeles. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Ahjaleah Price claps as student leaders at Crenshaw High School discuss Barack Obama’s ground-breaking victory in the presidential election. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
James Fugate, owner of EsoWon Books in Leimert Park, grins as he talks about Barak Obama’s victory. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
