Commentary Archives • Our Southern Souls

From Prisoners and Preachers to Famous and Homeless, The First Year of Our Southern Souls

by Lynn Oldshue | Dec 10, 2016 | A Southern Soul, Commentary

Everyone has a story. Often the story is close to the surface and easy to find if you make the time to listen. It may not be what you expect, but it helps explain who they are and what is important to them. Struggles, heartache, birth, death, health, addiction, joy,...

it is powerful to stand alone in front of the steps and feel the history

by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 7, 2016 | Commentary

This week you may have read some of the stories from people of the Mississippi Delta. You should also read the story of Money, Mississippi. We went there to find Robert Johnson’s grave and Bobbie Gentry’s Tallahatchie Bridge, but found Bryant’s...

I met Sheena and Zionne Williams riding the buses of Mobile while I was working on a story about bus riders for The Southern Rambler

by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 4, 2016 | A Southern Soul, Commentary

I met Sheena and Zionne Williams riding the buses of Mobile while I was working on a story about bus riders for The Southern Rambler. They ride the bus six hours a day to get their kids to a good preschool in Mobile, then go to their jobs. Zionne works construction...

I grew up in the Mississippi Delta but didn’t appreciate it until I moved away

by Lynn Oldshue | Jan 2, 2016 | Commentary

In the Mississippi Delta this weekend getting stories for Our Southern Souls and The Southern Rambler. I grew up here but didn’t appreciate it until I moved away. [huge_it_gallery id=”2″]