More Southern Souls
I found my why
"My parents divorced when I was four. I went to St. Andrew's School in Jackson through the eighth grade. It was...
I wish I could put a hole in the heads of my grandchildren and great-grandchildren and pass down everything I’ve learned
"I’ll be 90 on August 3. My first memory is of a woman standing in a doorway. Her skin color was beautiful. It was...
We’re survivors. We’re doing without today so the next generations of our family will have this land
Gene: “My granddad walked here from Water Valley driving a few cows. It was probably just after the year 1900. His...
We cleared this land with broad axes and clear-cut saws
"My name is Robert. I'm 80 and was born in July, but I never kept up with the date. I grew up in Phillipp. It's by...
I thought the one thing I couldn’t live through was losing a child.
"Savana loved people and loved to laugh. Her face was covered in freckles. She played a game of plucking them from her...
I was in first grade when he wrote me a note on a little piece of paper that said ‘I love you’
"We moved to Midnight from Water Valley when I was five. My dad worked for International Harvester. We lived in a big...
We were the pioneers of women having careers
“I grew up on a rural farm in the hills of Mississippi. We were a one-store community located about 15 miles outside...
We used logs for seats in our house. That’s all we had for furniture.
"I'm 97 years old. I grew up in Schlater, Mississippi on my granddaddy's farm on the Quiver River. My granddaddy owned...
The midwife misspelled Salvador and wrote down Savage Joe, so that’s my name
"I was born around the corner in Midnight, Mississippi. My name was supposed to be Salvador. It's a Mexican name. At...
I am 104. When we moved to the Delta there was no electricity or running water
“My name is Laverne, but when I was young some old lady called me Jim. It stuck. My relatives call me Sis Jim. I was...
We’re writing things we want to let go of on the plates. Then we’re smashing the plates
"We're writing things that we want to let go of in these plates, then we're smashing them.” "I'm letting go of a boy I...
Sometimes you have to do wrong to get on the right track
"I grew up in Senatobia, MS. I played high school football and broke a lot of records. But I was hanging with the...