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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, March 20, 2023

“Context and memory play powerful roles in all the truly great meals in one’s life.” ― Anthony Bourdain Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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A Bronze Star for Brenda

A Bronze Star for Brenda  by Dr. J. Randall O’Brien  Heroes, civil rights heroes and heroines, number in the hundreds, nay thousands — tens of thousands — from the 1960s alone. Immortalized in the pages of American history, many of … Continue reading

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Old and New Converge

Old and New Convergeby Deborah Fagan Carpenter   Once a thriving town on the Illinois Central Railroad line, when the train repair shops relocated in 1930 and mechanization took over farming, Water Valley, Mississippi, like so many small towns, was … Continue reading

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