King Talk: This morning I went to Inez, Kentucky in search of the Fletcher home. I had seen this porch so many times in a series of photographs from 1964. Lyndon and Ladybird Johnson flew to Kentucky to meet with families and see first hand the struggles of poverty. This was where LBJ declared the War on Poverty. For me the house is a symbol of hope and failure. It is a provocative and powerful reminder of the challenges and difficulties we face when trying to understand endemic poverty. I was nervous and felt awkward approaching the house. The Fletchers had not asked for all of this attention. I did not want to bother the two men inside but I felt it was important to ask permission to photograph their home. The men greeted me with suspicion and then warmth. They were brothers and have vague memories of LBJ’s visit as they were just 5 and 9 years old. They gave me permission to take some pictures of the home but did not want to be included in them. Afterwards, we stood on the porch and talked about the failure of the War on Poverty. They showed me photographs of their parents and we talked about the community they live in. They lost the photographs of the presidents visit in a fire and I offered to return in a few weeks with copies of the images they lost. photograph by @stacykranitz by everydayusa