The reason Robert said he became homeless resonated with me. My encounter with him has haunted me all the more as the early morning fog begins to freeze and the nights grow longer…
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I wasn't sure why We were still driving around downtown Birmingham...
I met Dave in Downtown Atlanta. He walked up with a book in hand and we instantly connected when he mentioned he was a fellow Douglasville native...
We met Keith holding up a sign on the side of a busy intersection in downtown Charlotte, NC. We pulled over and picked him up to take him to lunch and listen to his story...
We met Michael behind a Family Dollar in Spartanburg, SC. Michael and his friend Kathy had come to see what all the commotion behind the Family Dollar was about. When we told them we were interviewing people struggling through poverty and homelessness they were both eager to share their stories...
We met Albert behind a Family Dollar in Spartanburg, SC. While we were recording Granny’s story three or four other homeless people had shown up. Albert was one of them...
We were driving down highway 29 on the outskirts of Spartanburg, SC when we saw a man who appeared homeless walking down the street with a woman. We called out to him and asked if he wanted a little work cleaning out the bus. The man, who later told us his name is Monk, ethunsiasticly replied "Hell yeah!"...
We met CR (Charles Ronald Tucker) in a Chick-Fil-A parking lot, just outside of Clemson, SC. I took him inside to buy him a meal and listen to his story...