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

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina evacuees Eddie Nelson, and his son, "Little" Eddie III, 5, move out of the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas on September 10, 2005, 13 days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. A Houstonian and her family and friends helped place sixteen members their extended family in three FEMA-subsidized apartments in the Sharpstown apartment complex in southwest Houston, Texas which they fully equipped with furniture, clothes and food. The family was living in the shelter after being relocated from the Superdome following their voluntary evacuation before the storm hit. 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 evacuees Eddie Nelson, and his son, "Little" Eddie III, 5, move out of the Reliant Center in Houston, Texas on September 10, 2005, 13 days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast. A Houstonian and her family and friends helped place sixteen members their extended family in three FEMA-subsidized apartments in the Sharpstown apartment complex in southwest Houston, Texas which they fully equipped with furniture, clothes and food. The family was living in the shelter after being relocated from the Superdome following their voluntary evacuation before the storm hit. 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.