and it was in their faces. >> reporter: in 1960, black share croppers in fayette county, tennessee, were being evicted from their homes for registering to vote. tent city was an emergency camp set up on donated land for those people who suddenly found themselves with no food, no shelter, nowhere to turn. withers rushed there with the only aid he had, his camera. >> that was a sense of mission to him. i can remember him calling all the different editors and reporters around the country. >> reporter: to pitch the story? >> right. that's what he would do when he felt that it was something that really needed to be exposed. he had his own mission, purpose. >> reporter: what was that? >> to expose things. >> the cnn documentary "pictures don't lie" premieres tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern right here