A Southern storytelling collective covering the leaders, visionaries, artists, and changemakers of the Deep South. NEW podcast out now on Apple & Spotify!
Get yourself a serving of Foreword South this week with our latest episode featuring Maigen Sullivan and Josh Buford of @iHPSouth! We also get into Pete Buttigieg’s relevance in the South, the latest childhood poverty data for Alabama, and the SPLC union. https://t.co/ibk0CjZSNE
“I don’t have the capacity to sit still and wait for the next term, the next opportunity for me to stand for an office that let’s me do the work,” Abrams says.
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"Montgomery, much like Memphis, will likely always be linked to the struggle for equal rights. But what’s happening in both cities is a revitalization that honors its history while working diligently to move past that inherent stronghold."
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"Every few years politicians and presidential hopefuls jockey for the favor of Black voters and flock to Selma for the annual Jubilee celebration... What they promise is hope for a better tomorrow. That reality, so far, remains unseen." https://t.co/oevRftuGTo
"Millennials may be okay with Montgomery’s room. But they are unwilling to spend the rest of their lives trying to reform, redecorate, and re-populate the other rooms in Alabama’s mansion."
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We sat down with Kim Willis a couple of years ago to discuss her dream work and opening Kimistry Hair Lab. Check out this video of her explaining the dangerous health effects that Black women face in the hair care industry.
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Efforts of women of color, from civil rights era and today, will be honored honored on Feb. 27 and 28 in Montgomery during 8th annual Sojourn for Truth and Justice hosted and planned by podcast interviewee Michelle Browder!
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As state legislatures across the South get to work this year, we're highlighting legislative work by local orgs. Check out our interview with @AlabamaArise's @robynhyden about Arise's mission, organizing & legislative work, and her own organizing journey: https://t.co/NtkyZUDOxK
"Many, like pastor Francis Grimke, preached to their congregations about racial violence. He argued for comprehensive anti-racist education as a way to undermine the narratives that led to lynching. Other pastors wrote furiously about anti-black violence."
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Foreword South is joining PEN America’s Prison & Justice Writing Program at their event, Reading for Justice, this Saturday! We're excited to be a part of this space with other AL writers and activists uplifting stories of incarcerated people. Learn more:
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