More Southern Souls
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...
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...