Tree tunnel, Orangeburg County, S.C.

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This jungle of trees over a dusty dirt road in rural Orangeburg County is a familiar site along the Southern and Gulf coasts.

Orangeburg County is home to more than 91,000 people, two thirds of whom are black.  The county has a poverty rate of 24.5 percent.  The City of Orangeburg, known for its gardens and historically black colleges, officially is home to 13,850 people and has a 31.3 poverty rate in 2012, but the greater area has more than 65,000 people.

Copyrighted photo was taken April 23, 2014 by Andy Brack.  All rights reserved.

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