Omaha may have the highest child poverty level in America (60 percent), the third highest black poverty level (40 percent) and the fifth smallest black middle class, but plenty of people are able to get by. This is a street in North Omaha not far from 24th Street. (Lawrence Lanahan)

Navigating in Nebraska

Omaha may have the highest child poverty level in America (60 percent), the third highest black poverty level (40 percent) and the fifth smallest black middle class, but plenty of people are able to get by. This is a street in North Omaha not far from 24th Street.

Credit: Lawrence Lanahan