John Buckner, The Immigrant
He didn't ask permission. He took matters into his own hands and paid the price. The people knew he was right, but the King disagreed. The Printing Press, 1682 My…
Elderly Sisters Run Farm; Need No Men
Photo by Beth Shelton This article originally appeared in “The Best of Times” section in GRIT magazine. Shelton, Beth. “How a 1956 GRIT Article Preserves Family History,” GRIT, Sept/Oct 2024, pp. 6–8 Thumbing gently through…
Silent Witness
Baton Rouge, 1912 Brooding over the dark stain in the center of the Persian rug, the smell of gunpowder and blood lingering in the air, thoughts of the victim bleeding…
Letter from a Confederate Prisoner of War, Captain David Ferguson Buckner
Confederate Prisoners at Fort Lookout, Maryland. From the internet Archive, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23203964 Wounded in the battles of Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, Captain David Ferguson Buckner never intended to remain…
A Forgotten Poet: Alice Lorraine Young
My Life is like the sea,Sometimes it is rough –And sometimes calm,Like the sand, I am lost in the tide. From “The Sea and Me” by Alice Young I met…
Where Bones and Blues Collide
Celebrating the Rhythm Bones Society 25th Anniversary at Bones Fest XXVIII Traveling south past Clarksdale on Mississippi Highway 49, the historic Hopson Plantation came into view, rising from the Delta’s…
Biography of an Honorable Man: Edward Aylette Buckner, Sr.
I guess a man's job is to make the world a better place to live in, so far as he is able – always remembering the results will be infinitesimal…
Chicago Thugs and a Small-town Bank
During the Great Depression, three Chicago thugs, armed with guns and knives, met their match in a small Louisiana town. Friday, November 11, 1932Tallulah, Louisiana The morning sun peeked through…
Trio in Tallulah Bank Robbery are being held in Madison Parish Jail (November 12, 1932)
The following transcription originally appeared in a newspaper in Louisiana on November 12, 1932. A trio who gave their names as Jack Doud, 32; Benny Caphone, 34; and John Kolich,…
Paintings by Georgie Robertson Nadler, b.1890 – d.1984
My grandmother's paintings adorn the walls of family members and friends across the South. Georgie's watercolors, pastels, and oils were painted during the years from 1912-1971. She lived in the…