by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 22, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Yazoo City and lived here all of my life. I have cut a lot of grass around here. There were ten kids in our family-eight girls and two boys. I was named after the guy in the history books, Booker T. Washington. I’m a junior. I can’t pronounce...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 17, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I was born in 1934. I’m the ninth child of 10 children. We grew up on a small farm in Jones County, Mississippi, between Laurel and Soso. In those days we heard about Newt Knight, a white man who lived in a mixed-race community in the swamps. They rebelled...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 10, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Soria City, a historic Black neighborhood in Gulfport. Some of the founders were my uncles and cousins. Around the corner was the all-white Broadmoor neighborhood. The Broadmoor grocery store was at the border of the two neighborhoods, and members of...
by Lynn Oldshue | Apr 3, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“My father was a family practice physician in Dothan. He made a lot of house calls like those old country doctors. His patients loved him. My roots are deep here, and my husband and I decided to put our own family roots in Dothan. I educated our four kids at home....
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 27, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Boquillas, Mexico. This is a safe community. We are far away from the bigger cities and border towns. Most of the people here are related. I grew up on a farm, but tourism is the main way our small town makes money. I met my wife when we were both...
by Lynn Oldshue | Mar 20, 2022 | A Southern Soul
“I was in foster care in Mobile, and my family needed social services. Denise Riemer was my school social worker. She showed me there were good people in the world and that I was worth being cared for. She taught me that I should put effort into myself and that there...
