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I tell the story of Dwight and Debra every Christmas Eve. I met them five years ago when I was driving back from...

"I like making my own money. I used some of the money I made this year to buy bikes for 20 boys and girls over...

"I started cooking with my grandmother. When I was six, I was on a show called Rosie's Place on Saturday mornings on...

"I grew up poor, one of seven children, in a family of farmers and fishers in rural Florida. We lived in a small...

"My parents were first generation children of immigrants from Europe. Their parents came to the United States with...

“I grew up by the bridge. My dad worked for the railroad. They took the wheels off cabooses, placed them on cement and...

"I grew up in the Bottom when Davis Avenue was flourishing with shops. Ella's Barbeque, Best Grill, Babe's Hotdogs...

"I grew up in Orange Grove, one of the first housing projects in the country. Teachers, nurses, lawyers, and doctors...

Our Southern Souls started five years ago. The 1,645 interviews have broken down my walls and changed how I see...

"Things were booming on Davis Avenue. Clothing stores, blue singers, and three movie theaters. There were restaurants,...

"Onesimus and I rode the same bus and smiled at each other in high school. He played football at Southern Miss. We...

"I made a two on the ACT. I wanted to be a registered nurse, but I didn't know what I had to make on the test. I...