More Southern Souls
My brother and I played a duet for Fats Domino
"My grandmother couldn’t read or write when she moved from Wilcox County to Mobile, but she made a living with rental...
I sang five nights a week on The Avenue
"I sang blues and rock ‘n’ roll in some of the clubs on The Avenue. I got my start at the King Club talent shows in...
I want kids to see what they can be when they look at this mural
"My father-in-law bought this building in an auction from UAB. It was a good part of his liquidation business, but it...
I am the only original barber left on The Avenue
"My family was from Rembert’s Hill, close to Union Town. My grandfather farmed cotton and left us 57 acres when he...
We lost the backbone of our family
“My father-in-law Bill Buck passed away in October from COVID. He was 70 years old. He was a great man who taught me a...
This is what COVID took from me
“I contracted COVID around the 1st of April. My symptoms were a high fever for three days, then extreme fatigue that...
I can’t let these veterans be forgotten
"I met Eddie Irby through a mutual friend. We heard there were some Buffalo soldiers from World War 1 and World War 2...
There’s always room at the top
“At Notre Dame, I joined the Navy ROTC program. That was my first step towards service in the U.S. Marine Corps. In...
We are the first black family to have three generations graduating from The University of Notre Dame
"I was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. No maternity clinics or hospitals were delivering Black babies in Mobile, so my...
I felt like no one cared about veterans buried a Black cemetery and they got lost
"I wanted to place an American flag on my brother's grave at Oaklawn Cemetery, but the weeds grew so high that I...
Death taught me to appreciate living
“Out of my 20 years in the Army, 13 of those were overseas. I spent eight years in Germany, also years in Korea and...
We were the original Rosie the Riveters
“I grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My father fought in Argonne in World War 1. In 1939, he got his bonus for...