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Dr. Horace Huntley

Dr. Horace Huntley, a native of Birmingham, Alabama and graduate of Wenonah High School, was one of the first recipients of the Baccalaureate Degree in African American Studies in America. It was conferred upon him at the University of Minnesota. He was then awarded a fellowship to study at Syracuse University and was granted the […]

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Antonio Jones

Antonio Jones

Antonio Jones has a wonderful wife who is the love of his life. He is the father of two beautiful daughters and the grandfather of two adorable granddaughters. Antonio is the third child among four siblings. Affectionately known as “Bone Bone” by his family. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and currently resides in Birmingham,

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James Bradford

James Bradford

James Bradford is an attorney in Birmingham, Alabama. His previous verse-writing has elicited a few laughs and faint applause at a number of birthday and anniversary parties, after-rehearsal dinners, and retirement receptions, over the years. With this volume, he has high hopes of being elevated to the position of “Poet Law-reate of Jefferson County.” Depending

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Shirlene Roberts

Shirlene Roberts

Shirlene Roberts is a talented and gifted woman. She is passionate about Jesus. Her gift is to encourage others she does that daily. She enjoys helping at her local church and in her community. She is a teacher and now an author. Unfortunately, she has endured the pain and sudden loss of her beloved husband,

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Victoria Snider

Victoria Snider

Victoria Snider is a longtime nurse who began to experiment with painting and poetry in 2017. Growing up with a painter/poet father, a talented seamstress mother and a younger sister who excelled as a miniaturist and at technical drawing was a bit intimidating. Thus, a wonderful and ongoing career as a nurse ensued. Sensing a growing

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Mike Howell

William Howell

William “Mike” Howell was born in Geneva, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa where he received his B.S., M.S., and PhD in education and biology. While there, he studied vertebrate zoology with a major emphasis on ichthyology. Subsequently, he taught biology for 37 years at Samford University and 2 years at Cornell

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Karen Jones

Karen Jones

Karen Jones has had a passion for cooking since she was a young girl. During this time, she learned to cook easy, simple, delicious, home-cooked southern meals like her mother and grandmother did. Karen loves to cook, and she loves to share her meals with her family and friends. She hopes you enjoy the recipes

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