Greensboro, Alabama | NPR + This American Life
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A scene on Main Street in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits.
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Sherry Rylee (clockwise from left) eats dinner with her granddaughter Kailyn McCrory, 9, her son-in-law Wade McCrory, and granddaughter Karmen McCrory, 11, at Mustang Oil, a gas station, convenience store, and restaurant in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits.
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Kevin “Booma” Williams (black shirt), 18, plays Ta Posey (white shirt), 18, in a game of street basketball on Kilpatrick Street in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits.
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Items for sale in a thrift store on Main Street in Greensboro, Alabama.
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Leandrew Myers, 15, poses for a portrait on Kilpatrick Street in Greensboro, Alabama.
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Dane Mitchell, who was in a bad car accident in 2005, receives Social Security Disability benefits. He sits in the living room of his home in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits. He holds a cross a fellow resident made and said that Jesus got him through the trauma of the accident.
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Debra Thomas, 53, in her new apartment in Greensboro, Alabama. She recently received the keys to a place of her own, after living with her sister and her children for more than two years after getting out of a 27-year abusive relationship and suffering two strokes. She has received Social Security Disability benefits since 2007 and those checks will help pay for her new apartment at Canterbury Apartments. “I am so blessed to be here,” she said. “Thank you, Jesus, thank you, thank you, thank you.”
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Parking at the Hale County Hospital Clinic in Greensboro, Alabama.
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Allen Underwood, 23, stands with his son Amarion Lucky, 2, outside of Fuller’s Supermarket Super Saver. Mr. Underwood receives Social Security Disability benefits after an accident he suffered while working at a factory in a nearby town in 2008. His mother and grandmother receive the benefits, as well.
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Dane Mitchell’s kitchen
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A page from the famous “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” which put Hale County on the map in 1936 after James Agree and Walker Evans did a story on tenant farmers.
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The window of an abandoned storefront on Main Street
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Camellias
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Dusk in Greensboro, Alabama
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Main Street on the busy first day of the month when checks are dispensed
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From left, Dinah Holley, Dorothy Simmons and Gloria Ballard line up at a bill pay station inside of Hall’s Dry Goods on Main Street in Greensboro, Alabama. Disability payments are made to those who receive them on the first of the month and Main Street becomes much more busy at this time. The three women each said they receive Social Security Disability benefits.
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The Greensboro Raiders play Pickens County
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A woman walks out of Mustang Oil, a restaurant, gas station and convenience shop.
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The window of an abandoned storefront on Main Street
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Former Hale County District Judge William A. “Sonny” Ryan stands for a portrait in the Hale County Courthouse on in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits.
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Main Street
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The changing room in a second hand shop on Main Street
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A Greensboro home
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Trucks parked outside of Mustang Oil, a gas station, convenience store, and one of the handful of restaurants in town.
A scene on Main Street in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits.
Sherry Rylee (clockwise from left) eats dinner with her granddaughter Kailyn McCrory, 9, her son-in-law Wade McCrory, and granddaughter Karmen McCrory, 11, at Mustang Oil, a gas station, convenience store, and restaurant in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits.
Kevin “Booma” Williams (black shirt), 18, plays Ta Posey (white shirt), 18, in a game of street basketball on Kilpatrick Street in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits.
Items for sale in a thrift store on Main Street in Greensboro, Alabama.
Leandrew Myers, 15, poses for a portrait on Kilpatrick Street in Greensboro, Alabama.
Dane Mitchell, who was in a bad car accident in 2005, receives Social Security Disability benefits. He sits in the living room of his home in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits. He holds a cross a fellow resident made and said that Jesus got him through the trauma of the accident.
Debra Thomas, 53, in her new apartment in Greensboro, Alabama. She recently received the keys to a place of her own, after living with her sister and her children for more than two years after getting out of a 27-year abusive relationship and suffering two strokes. She has received Social Security Disability benefits since 2007 and those checks will help pay for her new apartment at Canterbury Apartments. “I am so blessed to be here,” she said. “Thank you, Jesus, thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Parking at the Hale County Hospital Clinic in Greensboro, Alabama.
Allen Underwood, 23, stands with his son Amarion Lucky, 2, outside of Fuller’s Supermarket Super Saver. Mr. Underwood receives Social Security Disability benefits after an accident he suffered while working at a factory in a nearby town in 2008. His mother and grandmother receive the benefits, as well.
Dane Mitchell’s kitchen
A page from the famous “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,” which put Hale County on the map in 1936 after James Agree and Walker Evans did a story on tenant farmers.
The window of an abandoned storefront on Main Street
Camellias
Dusk in Greensboro, Alabama
Main Street on the busy first day of the month when checks are dispensed
From left, Dinah Holley, Dorothy Simmons and Gloria Ballard line up at a bill pay station inside of Hall’s Dry Goods on Main Street in Greensboro, Alabama. Disability payments are made to those who receive them on the first of the month and Main Street becomes much more busy at this time. The three women each said they receive Social Security Disability benefits.
The Greensboro Raiders play Pickens County
A woman walks out of Mustang Oil, a restaurant, gas station and convenience shop.
The window of an abandoned storefront on Main Street
Former Hale County District Judge William A. “Sonny” Ryan stands for a portrait in the Hale County Courthouse on in Greensboro, Alabama, where over a quarter of the population receives Social Security Disability benefits.
Main Street
The changing room in a second hand shop on Main Street
A Greensboro home
Trucks parked outside of Mustang Oil, a gas station, convenience store, and one of the handful of restaurants in town.