More Southern Souls
This land provides for my family and keeps us together. If the Alabama takes it, they will leave us homeless
In the summers, the Moore children went out early in the morning to work in the fields of their family farm. Wearing...
He asked for my phone number and I told him “not yet”
Bernard: We met at Vigor High School. I was a senior, and she was a junior. Dinah: I wouldn't give him the time of the...
I am trying to fill the hole in my finances
“I grew up in California and ended up in Mississippi with my husband about a year ago because it was cheaper to live...
I quit school in tenth-grade and started working for this store. I am still here.
“I turned 85 in March, and they had Hilry Trawick day in Andalusia. I’ve lived here all of my life. My mother and...
I am circling Selma and covering it in prayer
“I am circling Selma and covering it in prayer. Today is my first walk on my tenth coverage of every street and house....
I started giving out Happies to let people know they are loved
“We live in a world that can be mean and hateful, and negative. I wanted to do random acts of kindness, so I started...
Art is my life
“This is my dog Rudee. He goes everywhere with me. I get to be a clown with Patch Adams in hospitals, prisons, and...
People call me Rake Man
"People call me Rake Man. I grew up in Yazoo City. Ever since I was about 13, I liked to help in yards and keep nature...
You have to live right to wear purple
"You have to live right to wear purple. It's the color of God. You can't be drinking or shacking with men and opening...
We want to bring friends and family together
Kaleb: I am 18 and graduating from Baker High School. I had stopped being as imaginative and creative and got bored,...
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 of nice customers. I am...
We are each other’s blind side
“TraePay’s Rolling Cafe was created from our family’s love of cooking. The whole neighborhood would stop by to talk...












