To Kill a Mockingbird: 50 Year Anniversary

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It was the 50th anniversary of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. It may turn out to be the fiction bestseller of all time. Almost every student in America reads it at some time. It is a multilayered work telling the story of life in a small rural town with the good, the bad and the ugly with honesty and humor. Those of us who live in the area will find ourselves, our lives and our ancestors embedded somewhere in its pages. This book has probably done more for us in the South to examine our prejudices and lay them aside in honor of the plight of the whole human race than the author ever imagined as she pinned her narrative. It is a morality play told through the fresh eyes of a child.

Visiting Black Belt Treasures…Again!

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I have been to Black Belt Trea …

Winter Birding at Monroe County Lake

Located in County | What you’ll find: Birding | Outdoor Recreation

Off The Porch with Judy and Do …

Winter in Alabama’s Black Belt

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OFF THE PORCH with Judy and Do …

Written in Stone: Introducing the search for the Ross Family Burial Grounds

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On the prowl again looking for cemeteries around Old Texas, Midway and Old Salem areas has me looking into the lives of several families that arrived in our area circa 1837 or earlier. I am still searching for the name of the African American Cemetery we visited on Hwy 47 a couple of weeks ago, and perhaps have succeeded in that, however, before I commit to a name for it, will have to wait for confirmation.