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FACING FREEDOM by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

Most of them were born in captivity, some third or fourth generation slaves — possessions of other human beings. Servitude was all they knew. Their skills were limited to what they had acquired while working on the farms or plantations … Continue reading

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The Jefferson Davis You May Not Know By Jim Eikner

  The opportunity had surpassed my expectations. My employer, the public television station and PBS affiliate in Memphis, WKNO, was holding a reception promoting and celebrating the return of Ken Burns’ acclaimed television series, The Civil War.” I had arrived … Continue reading

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Eudora Welty’s Garden: A Labor of Love by Jeanne Luckett

Eudora Welty, one of the nation’s most cherished and celebrated writers, called Jackson, Mississippi, home. Although she studied outside the state and traveled widely, she wrote essentially all of her award-winning work from the family home at 1119 Pinehurst Street, … Continue reading

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Julia Belle – A Short Story by Tom Lawrence (Part 1)

(Editor’s Note: We are posting this story in two parts. Part 2 will be our feature post on Wednesday, October 30) My Dad’s service in WWII ended with the surrender of Japan in August of 1945. After four years of … Continue reading

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Lagniappe with a Capital “L” by Lisa W. Davis

On our way for a long weekend getaway with friends in South Louisiana, we found ourselves too early for our usual lunch stop at the venerable Middendorf’s Seafood Restaurant located near Pass Manchac at the beginning of the causeway to … Continue reading

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