More Southern Souls

"This building was my dad's appliance store in Yazoo City. I've worked here ever since I was seven. I dusted and swept...

I left Cuba by boat in 1994 with my husband, sister, and 10 other people. I was 17 and held my young child in my arms....

“I was born after World War One. I had bronchial asthma for a long time when I was young. The doctors thought I would...

“I'm the seventh of 12 children. We grew up in Gee's Bend. We didn't have much, but I never considered myself poor...

"I grew up in Lexington, Mississippi. Ever since the day I painted my name on her bedside table at three years old, my...

“I grew up in Young, Alabama. My mama's parents' last name was Irby, but they had to change their last name to Pettway...

“My dad started me off playing football at the parks when I was five years old. Then I played for Mattie T. Blount and...

I was born in Mobile. My twin brother passed away from pneumonia when we were babies. His name was Elvin, and my name...

“I was the head night shift nurse at Good Samaritan, a Catholic hospital in Selma. On Thursday, February 18, 1965, I...

"I grew up on this land in Copperhill, Tennessee. It was a village of poor folks who worked for the copper mining...

"We finally opened Jefe Paleta. My cousin, Caesar, and I grew up working in our family's Mexican restaurants in...

"I graduated from State in 1973. I was a Lambda Chi, and we were there for the beginning of Left Field Lounge. It was...