More Southern Souls
Working with special needs employees is making this meaningful
"I am opening Section Street Pizza in Fairhope with my dad. His first job was at a pizza restaurant when he was 13 and...
I am a fixer
“I am going to be a sophomore in high school. Last year was my first year in the South. My mom is from Mobile and we...
I stick to the roots of where I come from
“I was raised in the country in Louisiana. We rode horses and 4-wheelers and raised everything we ate. My grandfathers...
If I can see an alligator, I can call him
“I go alligator hunting in the Chattahoochee River. I sit in the river, water up to my neck. If I can see an...
I am a bridge here between the past and present
“This was known as Bloody Tug Valley in West Virginia, one of the bloodiest places in the United States. My family...
It is time to take pride in our past
“It has been a 20-year fight to finally get Blair Mountain on the National Register of Historic Places last week. We...
There is blood and sweat that goes through your power line
"We are a coal mining family but also environmentalists and care about our communities' mountains, creeks, and...
I like to go fast
Olivia: “I like to go fast. I practice once a week, but I think about racing all of the time. My dad used to race...
I have to stand up for what is right
“There is an uprising going on right now in Haiti. That is my home. They consider the country to be ignorant. They are...
I am a teacher and was asked to run for office
“I teach special education, mostly 4th and 5th graders. My first career was running my mom's gymnastics business. I...
Our friends call us Lucy and Ethel
"Which ones do you want? This is Julia." "We both have chickens at home." "We didn't know where we were going to meet....
My wife died two years, six months and five days ago
"My wife died two years, six months and five days ago. We were married 40 years before cancer took her. We were...












