by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 22, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was a freshman at Blount High School in Prichard when integration changed everything. Students from Blount were bused to Murphy High School in Mobile. Integration was bad for the Black and White students. I got to know a White cheerleader from one of my classes....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 21, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“My teacher drove several of us from Bald Knob, AR, to Memphis to see Elvis play at the Cotton Carnival in May 1956. I was 14. We all wore poodle skirts. We got to Memphis early and drove to the little ranch house Elvis bought for his parents on Audubon Drive....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 19, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1935 in Walker County, one of the poorest counties in Alabama. My dad was a coal miner. He also worked at the sawmill. He built our house with the boards he carried home one at a time. That house is still standing. There wasn’t much fun in our...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 18, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I am 102 years old. I grew up in Yazoo County during the Depression. My dad was a farmer and carpenter. There weren’t any jobs or money. I went through seventh grade with only one pair of pants. They were black and white and cost $1.25. My mother ordered those...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 17, 2023 | A Southern Soul
“I’ve always had a passion to tell people’s stories. I was seven when I started calling Mobile’s sports radio station, WNSP, to tell the stats and scores of my older brother’s football games. I took a little notepad to his games, and my dad helped...
