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“Skylar was my first baby. I was 24. She was born three months early. When I first saw her, I almost fell to my knees....

Tracie: “Everyone calls us the Wonder Twins. We aren’t from the same mother, but we’re sisters in every other way. We...

Jay: “We created Fat Boys Grilling to help veterans and those with medical needs. We cook and sell the meat as a...

“I grew up in Greater Ruth Chapel A.M.E. Church in Prichard and lived next door to the church–just six steps away....

“My father lives just a few minutes from Tuskegee in Hardaway, Alabama. My mother’s family is from Tuskegee. Many of...

“I grew up with my grandparents in the country. They were sharecroppers. I tried to help them pick cotton: more like...

“I was eight the first time I told my mom I wanted to be on TV. She said, ‘That sounds good. How are you going to make...

“We use the sold-out sign almost every week at the Fried Pieper. It's crazy. I didn’t grow up cooking or making pies....

“I went into law to destroy everything segregated I could find. I got involved in the Gomillion v. Lightfoot case...

“Ten years of Bob’s Downtown Diner. There was a time I didn’t think we would make it past the second year. This...

“Everyone calls me Boogar. I had pneumonia when I was born and was in the hospital for two months. When my parents...