by Vikki Bynum Adopted in 1918 at age five months by his cousin Bertie Bynum Smith and her husband Sollie, my father did not meet his biological father and siblings until age […]
Oma Stanley Smith (Bynum), A Father’s Day Remembrance
Surrounded by Death: My Father’s Mississippi Childhood
by Vikki Bynum “Honey, look what Mama’s got,” Naoma purred as she held up her newborn baby boy for his sister to see. Four-year-old Merle’s eyes popped open wide on this cold […]
Renegade South 