Street Fight Part I: Hobos, Bums, and the Homeless

What we call “homelessness” is a relatively modern phenomenon. Today, we tell the story of its emergence and why, in the 1980s, one woman fought so fervently for her right to live on a New York City street corner.

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THIS EPISODE FEATURES:

Stephen Eide

LINKS:

60 Minutes segment on Joyce Brown

Stephen Eide at the Manhattan Institute

The New York Civil Liberties Union 

Jack London’s memoir of his hobo years, The Road

Joyce Brown’s obituary

New York magazine story on Brown

Retro Report piece featuring Brown’s niece