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THE SOUtHERN CROSS
by
ALABAMA BROWN
On June 11, 1963, Alabama's Governor George Wallace came to national prominence when he kept a campaign pledge to stand in the schoolhouse door to block integration of Alabama public schools. Governor Wallace read this proclamation when he first stood in the doorway to block the attempt of two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, to register at the University of Alabama. President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard, and ordered its units to the university campus. Wallace then stepped aside and returned to Montgomery allowing the students to enter.
--Alabama Department of Archives and History
?There are many humorous things in the world; among them the white man?s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.?
--Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
Excerpt From THE SOUTHERN CROSS, Alabama Brown, 2006
June, 1963.....So here goes my story and I suppose it is the story of all the women from King?s Paradise, and ultimately it is the story of the end of Mam?s life at King?s Paradise.
I am going to start with the end because that is where the story really begins. It is funny that on this night I learned the true beginning too.
As I said before, I was having a hard time falling asleep. We were all in a stew over the party. There was food to prepare, flowers to arrange, because ever Southern woman knows that a home isn?t suitably appointed until there are enough flower arrangements scattered about to make it look like a viewing for a funeral; there were vegetables to pick, eggs to gather, cows to milk and homemade wine to decant so that the sediment wouldn?t cloud the glasses when it poured. There was so much to do just to get through one ordinary day at King?s Paradise, but to have a party for 200 people was something big.
I had spent the day helping Sugar Lea, Aunt Ivory, Aunt Topaz and various other kin in the kitchen. Momma offered to have the entire party catered from the Piggly Wiggly Delicatessen but Sugar Lea had a fit and said, ?absolutely not!? It made Momma mad so she stayed in her room grading papers all day even though we could have really used an extra hand.
Momma was changing. There was a movement just starting out at the University called the ?Woman?s Movement,? most of us at King?s Paradise were in the dark as to what that actually meant. Momma had become ?haughty,? according to Sugar Lea. ?Reckless? and ?Irreverent? were other adjectives screamed back and forth between their rooms in passing. Momma, being a Professor at the University, was also actively involved in the Civil Rights movement that was sweeping across the State like a comet off track heading for a crash if not stopped in time. Mississippi had seen so much bloodshed already because of the movement and Alabama was sure to see it?s own share of bloodshed before too long. Our family was what you could call compassionate toward the Negroes in our town.[/QUOTE]
by
ALABAMA BROWN
On June 11, 1963, Alabama's Governor George Wallace came to national prominence when he kept a campaign pledge to stand in the schoolhouse door to block integration of Alabama public schools. Governor Wallace read this proclamation when he first stood in the doorway to block the attempt of two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, to register at the University of Alabama. President John F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard, and ordered its units to the university campus. Wallace then stepped aside and returned to Montgomery allowing the students to enter.
--Alabama Department of Archives and History
?There are many humorous things in the world; among them the white man?s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.?
--Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
Excerpt From THE SOUTHERN CROSS, Alabama Brown, 2006
June, 1963.....So here goes my story and I suppose it is the story of all the women from King?s Paradise, and ultimately it is the story of the end of Mam?s life at King?s Paradise.
I am going to start with the end because that is where the story really begins. It is funny that on this night I learned the true beginning too.
As I said before, I was having a hard time falling asleep. We were all in a stew over the party. There was food to prepare, flowers to arrange, because ever Southern woman knows that a home isn?t suitably appointed until there are enough flower arrangements scattered about to make it look like a viewing for a funeral; there were vegetables to pick, eggs to gather, cows to milk and homemade wine to decant so that the sediment wouldn?t cloud the glasses when it poured. There was so much to do just to get through one ordinary day at King?s Paradise, but to have a party for 200 people was something big.
I had spent the day helping Sugar Lea, Aunt Ivory, Aunt Topaz and various other kin in the kitchen. Momma offered to have the entire party catered from the Piggly Wiggly Delicatessen but Sugar Lea had a fit and said, ?absolutely not!? It made Momma mad so she stayed in her room grading papers all day even though we could have really used an extra hand.
Momma was changing. There was a movement just starting out at the University called the ?Woman?s Movement,? most of us at King?s Paradise were in the dark as to what that actually meant. Momma had become ?haughty,? according to Sugar Lea. ?Reckless? and ?Irreverent? were other adjectives screamed back and forth between their rooms in passing. Momma, being a Professor at the University, was also actively involved in the Civil Rights movement that was sweeping across the State like a comet off track heading for a crash if not stopped in time. Mississippi had seen so much bloodshed already because of the movement and Alabama was sure to see it?s own share of bloodshed before too long. Our family was what you could call compassionate toward the Negroes in our town.[/QUOTE]
Please keep us posted as to when your book is published. I am always looking for something new to read.
[/QUOTE]alabamaauthor said:
:clap_1: I love a good southern book and I will let you know about a small cabin possibly for rent on the bay...great views.
Franny, Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Please let me know asap. I need to move by April 5. 
Franny, are you out there? I have been out of touch traveling. We really need to find something by April 1. We are closing on our house April 14 and must move by then. I sent an email privately, but I am unsure if you received it. Anyone else have anything? We would like to pay no more than $1,500 per month. Thanks,
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