Poet Joe Wenderoth, under an antique sign from the Jim Crow era. It reads "Waiting Room. Whites Only." It hangs over the door to his wife, Romana's study. She wouldn't have been let in the whites only waiting room 50 years ago. (Krissy Clark)

A Collector

Poet Joe Wenderoth, under an antique sign from the Jim Crow era. It reads "Waiting Room. Whites Only." It hangs over the door to his wife, Romana's study. She wouldn't have been let in the whites only waiting room 50 years ago.

Credit: Krissy Clark