Shortly after their Jan. 20 return to Ashevile Regional Airport from a conference in Hawaii, airport commission member David Gantt (in center with hand in pocket) addresses protesters and reporters as his wife Charise (right) closely observes.

Protest leader Erika Franzi shows Asheville’s WLOS-TV reporter Russ Bowen her sign, which states, “Character is what you show when no one is LOOKING!”

With his fellow protesters assembed behind him, Erik Penland of Arden responds to questions from Mindy Neill, videographer of Fox Carolinas TV of Greenville, S.C., during the Jan. 20 demonstration.