Walter Franklin ‘Frank’ Ramey
Walter Franklin Ramey (“Frank”), 85, silently slipped into eternal life on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at his home in Marion, AL. He was born in North Hale County, Greensboro route, to Robert Lee “Bob” and Pearl Hoggle Ramey on December 28, 1936. Frank grew up in the Hogglesville Community, near New Hope Baptist Church. In... Read More
Archives from the Negro Leader are a window into 1910s African-American life in the Black Belt
The Negro Leader, founded Oct. 1909 in Uniontown, wasn’t the first African-American owned publication in the Black Belt, or even in Perry County. The Marion Journal Reporter, one of the earliest, was in publication at least as far back as 1871 under the leadership of editor Wm. B. Patterson, and possibly even before that. However,... Read More
UNSUNG: Horace Sprott, Black Belt native, was toast of 50s folk scene
by: John Allan Clark When I first came across the name Horace Sprott, it wasn’t on a monument on the courthouse square or a historic marker out on Highway 14 east, although maybe it should have been. I wouldn’t have known his name if it hadn’t been for a YouTube playlist. Which is a shame, considering... Read More