More Southern Souls

"I was in college for physical therapy and we were visiting my wife's family in Fairhope for Christmas. My...

“I grew up in Patterson, Louisiana. My parents were punished severely in school for speaking French so they didn't...

“I am picking up cans and pecans. I sell the cans and keep the pecans. I make enough to buy something to eat.  I used...

"We have lived in Fairhope for 15 years. My husband worked for Mariott. The Grand was his last assignment and we...

Some of the survivor stories from the Sexual Slavery in South Alabama series were told on Our Southern Souls last...

  "I am homeless because I ended up on the wrong path as a young kid. My daddy was very abusive to my mom and it...

“My ancestors came with Bienville and D'Ibervile and settled on Dauphin Island. They stayed there until the English...

“I have dreamed of owning my own restaurant for 20 years. When I was a kid I wanted to go to culinary school in Paris....

“I started playing the violin when I was three and I want to play forever. I like classical music and it seems like I...

"I drove a school bus in Illinois for 35 years. I had five kids. We were starting a construction company and money...

In a year of heart-shaking stories, this is the face that keeps coming back to me. “People call me Elizabeth or Mama....

“Survival depended on you as an individual. There were a lot of guys in my group who didn't make it. I watched people...