More Southern Souls
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...
I love gathering random thoughts and then bam, it comes together
“I was born in Greenville, MS. My dad's father and his brothers had a rolling store from 1940 to 1970 in the...
I had a strange upbringing, didn’t I?
“I will be 94 years old on April 26. Isn't that wonderful? My only problem is my eyes. It’s the reason I quit teaching...
Anything we do, we make it fun
Judy: This is the opening day for our store in Yazoo City. We are sisters. We grew up outside of Flora, Mississippi....
Give a little and it comes back to you
“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...
I’ve gone from no electricity and iron lungs to cell phones
“I was born in 1934. I'm the ninth child of 10 children. We grew up on a small farm in Jones County, Mississippi,...
I bought the building to save where many of our stories and history are housed
“I grew up in Soria City, a historic Black neighborhood in Gulfport. Some of the founders were my uncles and cousins....
Every community needs an independent bookstore
“My father was a family practice physician in Dothan. He made a lot of house calls like those old country doctors. His...
I grew up in Boquillas, Mexico
“I grew up in Boquillas, Mexico. This is a safe community. We are far away from the bigger cities and border...
I was in foster care in Mobile. Because of a school social worker, I now work with Syrian refugees in Jordan
“I was in foster care in Mobile, and my family needed social services. Denise Riemer was my school social worker. She...
Why should we have to leave the home that we love?
“I play the violin on a cruise ship to make people smile, but now it is hard. I am from Mariupol, Ukraine. My mother...