A blog by Amos Moore · Long-haul trucker · Albany, Georgia
Stories from a lifetime on the road — about dignity, second chances, and learning to respect each other's space. Written from the cab of a truck, for anybody who believes people come before divisions.
Everything at Humanity1st begins with this one — Amos's own story, told in full, from childhood to the open road.
A gifted kid who lost his way at 17. Twenty-three years behind bars in three states. And then — time, freedom, a CDL in 1999, and a life rebuilt one mile at a time. This is where Amos's story starts, and why he believes no person is beyond a second chance.
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Amos Moore was raised by his grandparents and two aunts after his mother died when he was two — the youngest of eleven children. He was a gifted student. Then, at seventeen, his life unraveled, and he spent 23 years incarcerated across three states for shoplifting and forgery.
He does not hide that chapter. He teaches from it. His last incarceration ended in 1997. In 1999 he earned his CDL, climbed into a truck, and has been a long-haul trucker ever since — filming honest, unscripted videos from truck stops, shippers, and receivers about how we treat one another.
Humanity1st is where those miles become a message: people before divisions, dignity for everybody, and respect for each other's space. His home base is Albany, Georgia — but most days, home is the road.
Three simple convictions, carried from Amos's story into everyday life.
Before any label we put on each other — race, politics, past, paycheck — we are human. Start there, and most arguments get smaller.
A person's worst chapter is not their whole book. Amos is living proof that a life can be rebuilt — and that everybody deserves to be treated as somebody.
Tolerance isn't complicated. Give people room to live their lives, and expect the same courtesy back. That's how strangers become neighbors.
Humanity1st is the blog of Positivity Plus — Amos's brand for everything he makes, from these stories to the PositivityPlus podcast he's building. The mark says it plainly: a mind lit up from the inside, an idea worth carrying down the road.
Positivity Plus — “Soaring to Excel.”
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A little encouragement for the road ahead, from Amos to you.
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Download the free ebookAmos films from the road almost every day — workouts at truck stops, honest talks from the cab, and the thinking behind every story here. The blog is home base; the videos are where the conversation happens.
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