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By Barbara Garrett – Back home when I was in 9th grade, I caught myself liking this boy named Donald Bondurant. So he and I caught ourselves going with each other. His sister Charmaine was my best friend and I spent … Continued
Victoria Huggins Peurifoy, April 19, 2016 When you are in the twelfth grade, you don’t realize that you are about to be introduced to the real world. There are the graduation fees, senior prom, senior dinner dance, senior luncheon, pay … Continued
“Walk like a lady.” I can’t tell you how many times I heard these words over the early years of my life. Being the only granddaughter and the only niece on the maternal side of the family comes with heavy … Continued
By Norman Cain, March 21, 2017 — During the summers of my adolescent years, my sister and I would be sent from Philadelphia to South Carolina. We would live on my maternal grandparent’s farm. We would take the late evening … Continued
By Georgia, July 9, 2014 — I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. My momma had 15 kids and she taught all of us how to take care of ourselves. The houses we had had bricks underneath and planks that you … Continued
By Adele, July 30, 2014 — I grew up on Ilocos Sur – that’s a province in the Philippines. It’s nice over there, but it’s hot – too hot. When I was 5 years old – already cleaning the house, … Continued