North Carolina
I talked to Anderson Clayton, a 27-year-old wunderkind from Roxboro, North Carolina, about staying positive in hard times, internet trolls, and her heroes.
North Carolina
There is a line of thought that Democrats don't have guts. North Carolina's fiery liberal leader wants to change all that.
The Living South is growing the old-fashioned way, with people telling people they like it.
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Chris Haley, nephew of the famous journalist Alex Haley, talked to The Living South about continuing his uncle's work preserving Black history.
Tennessee
The Pulitzer-winning author and journalist Alex Haley was "woke" before there was such a thing. Today, his nephew, Chris, continues his work preserving the Black family tree.
South Carolina
In West Columbia, South Carolina, about four miles from where the Saluda and Broad rivers become the Congaree, at the bottom of a cracked and uneven driveway, in a plain white building flying South Carolina's blue-and-white palmetto flag, lies one of the best restaurants in America.
There is a line of thought that Democrats don't have guts. North Carolina's fiery liberal leader wants to change all that.
The Pulitzer-winning author and journalist Alex Haley was "woke" before there was such a thing. Today, his nephew, Chris, continues his work preserving the Black family tree.
In West Columbia, South Carolina, about four miles from where the Saluda and Broad rivers become the Congaree, at the bottom of a cracked and uneven driveway, in a plain white building flying South Carolina's blue-and-white palmetto flag, lies one of the best restaurants in America.
Now Rodney Smith Jr. is asking kids across the country to do the same in their communities.
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Hear my conversation with Rodney Smith Jr., an Alabama man who's toured the U.S. 19 times mowing lawns for vulnerable people.
Now Rodney Smith Jr. is asking kids across the country to do the same in their communities.
This is "The Living South," where journalist Billy Ball interviews game-changing Southerners. In this recording, I explain why I'm doing this.
"Tell about the South. What's it like there. What do they do there. Why do they live there. Why do they live at all.” – “Absalom, Absalom” Welcome to The Living South. I am a native Southerner and a journalist. I started this page because I wanted to