“I mean my mother migrated from Georgia -Rome, Georgia, to Washington, D.C., where she then met my father, who was a Tuskegee Airman who was from Southern Virginia. They migrated to Washington and I wouldn't even exist if it were not for that migration. And I brought her back to Georgia, both my parents, actually.” IfsMeanMotherFatherParentMetsSouthernRomeVirginiaGeorgiaMigrationAirmen Author:Isabel Wilkerson
“I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.” YearsMotherNew YorkTaughtSummerSouthernAccentsBroadwayModelingSouthern Accent Author:Nikki DeLoach
“My mother bore me in the southern wild, And I am black, but O! my soul is white; White as an angel is the English child, But I am black as if bereaved of light.” IfsChildrenSoulLightMotherBlackWhiteAngelMy SoulSouthernBores Author:William Blake
“My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: The turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.” MotherCoursesWifeSweetRootsGreenMy WifeMemorableMealsSouthernHeritagePiePotatoesTurkeysRiceBeansPumpkinThanksgiving HolidayMost MemorableMashed PotatoesSweet PotatoesPumpkin PieCasserolesGreen Beans Author:Douglas Conant
“At first I read mostly books by Southern authors - black and white - because almost all the people I knew were born and raised in the South, starting with my mother. I remember I got a lot of Erskine Caldwell.” PeopleFirstsBookRememberMotherBlackBornWhiteSouthRaisedStartingSouthernBlack And WhiteBorn And RaisedRaised In The South Author:Edward P. Jones