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Eddie and Denise Nelson, Hurricane Katrina evacuee family living in Texas diaspora.

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina evacuee "Little" Eddie Nelson III, 5, watches volunteer movers from C&M Moving & Storage move a bed into his family's new apartment in the Sharpstown apartment complex in southwest Houston, Texas on September 10, 2005, 13 days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. Sixteen members of Nelson's family moved out of the Reliant Center today, where they were living after being relocated from the Superdome following their voluntary evacuation before the storm hit. A Houstonian and her family and friends helped place the family in three FEMA-subsidized apartments which they fully equipped with furniture, clothes and food. A documentary project, part of which was published by The New York Times, about Eddie and Denise Nelson and their family, a New Orleans African-American family who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and became part of the diaspora living in Texas. A documentary project, part of which was published by The New York Times, about Eddie and Denise Nelson and their family, a New Orleans African-American family who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and became part of the diaspora living in Texas.

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New Orleans Hurricane Katrina evacuee "Little" Eddie Nelson III, 5, watches volunteer movers from C&M Moving & Storage move a bed into his family's new apartment in the Sharpstown apartment complex in southwest Houston, Texas on September 10, 2005, 13 days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. Sixteen members of Nelson's family moved out of the Reliant Center today, where they were living after being relocated from the Superdome following their voluntary evacuation before the storm hit.  A Houstonian and her family and friends helped place the family in three FEMA-subsidized  apartments which they fully equipped with furniture, clothes and food. A documentary project, part of which was published by The New York Times, about Eddie and Denise Nelson and their family, a New Orleans African-American family who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and became part of the diaspora living in Texas. A documentary project, part of which was published by The New York Times, about Eddie and Denise Nelson and their family, a New Orleans African-American family who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and became part of the diaspora living in Texas.