May 11, 2022
This is my first day
“Today is my first day to work at the Peanut Shop. It has been a good start with a lot ...
May 8, 2022
We are each other’s blind side
“TraePay’s Rolling Cafe was created from our family’s love of cooking. The whole neighborhood ...
May 1, 2022
I love gathering random thoughts and then bam, it comes together
“I was born in Greenville, MS. My dad’s father and his brothers had a rolling store from ...
Apr 24, 2022
I had a strange upbringing, didn’t I?
“I will be 94 years old on April 26. Isn’t that wonderful? My only problem is my eyes. ...
Apr 23, 2022
Anything we do, we make it fun
Judy: This is the opening day for our store in Yazoo City. We are sisters. We grew up outside ...
Apr 22, 2022
Give a little and it comes back to you
“I grew up in Yazoo City and lived here all of my life. I have cut a lot of grass around here. ...
Apr 17, 2022
I’ve gone from no electricity and iron lungs to cell phones
“I was born in 1934. I’m the ninth child of 10 children. We grew up on a small farm in ...
Apr 10, 2022
I bought the building to save where many of our stories and history are housed
“I grew up in Soria City, a historic Black neighborhood in Gulfport. Some of the founders were ...
Apr 3, 2022
Every community needs an independent bookstore
“My father was a family practice physician in Dothan. He made a lot of house calls like those ...
Mar 27, 2022
I grew up in Boquillas, Mexico
“I grew up in Boquillas, Mexico. This is a safe community. We are far away from the ...