Ms. Elmaree Gordon discusses her childhood (mid-1940s until ca. 1960) in the Southside neighborhood of Dothan, Alabama.
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Ms. Delois Daniels Easley Lee discusses her childhood (mid-1940s until ca. 1960) in the Southside neighborhood of Dothan, Alabama.
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Mr. Robert "Cookie" Potter discusses his childhood (mid-1940s until ca.1960) in the Southside neighborhood of Dothan, Alabama. He also discusses his career in baseball, first in the Negro League's Indianapolis Clowns (where he pitched against New York Stars' great Satchel Paige), then in the minor league team for the Cincinnati Reds.
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Transcript (draft 2025_0708 in PDF) here.
Click here for the Wiregrass Black History Channel (YouTube) edited video, "Life on the Southside: Robert 'Cookie' Potter."
Ms. Dorothy Taylor-Muhammad discusses her life (ca. 1950s) in the Southside neighborhood of Dothan, Alabama, and her family's move to Dothan's Lakeview neighborhood when Southside was razed for an urban renewal project.
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Mr. Curley Bruner, Jr. discusses his life (mid-1940s to ca. 1960) in the Southside neighborhood of Dothan, Alabama. He also talks about his father work as the custodian at First Baptist Church in Dothan and Williams-Vorris Lumber Company.
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Mr. Charles R. Hayes leads a tour of the Baptist Bottom neighborhood of Dothan, Alabama. He points out which homes and businesses were where before most were removed because they fell into serious disrepair.
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Dr. Myland Brown discusses his memories of the Five Points neighborhood in downtown Dothan, Alabama (and also of Baptist Bottom). He talks about the people, businesses, and entertainments in Five Points.
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Dr. W. Charles Lewis discusses his book, 28 Black History Makers: Dothan, Alabama published in 2022. He talks about his motivation for writing the book, how he designed it, and about one of those history makers he considers the most important to his life, Ashford educator Wallace Smith.
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Mr. Themar Long discusses his father, Mr. Theodore (Ted) Long, a renowned hair dresser who has 29 credits in IMDB for such movies as The Wiz and Waiting to Exhale.
Themar Long was interviewed in Baltimore by Mr. Billy Causey, Jr.
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