That’s My Child Aims To Brighten Future Of Montgomery Teens

Alabama News Center | March 10, 2017 @ 3:00 pm

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

At age 13, Charles Lee lost all hope.

Growing up in a gang-riddled neighborhood in Chicago did not leave Lee many choices. He began selling drugs before he was a teenager, and chances of him making it to 20 seemed slim in one of the roughest areas in the country.

“I was born in Chicago to two crack-addicted parents,” Lee said. “I was actually a crack baby. I wasn’t supposed to make it to my fifth birthday. At age 11 I started selling crack. At the age of 13 I was shot in the chest, and by 19 I was in prison.”I met Lee at Chisholm Community Center near the Montgomery Zoo. From a casual man with a cheerful smile and a more cheerful attitude, it was shocking to hear his story unfold.

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