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Blake Ells

Blake Ells is the author of 'The Muscle Shoals Legacy of FAME' and 'Magic City Rock.' He's been published in Rolling Stone, No Depression, Taste of Country, The Boot and AL.com among others. He grew up in a one and a half stop light town 27 miles east of Muscle Shoals, Alabama.Blake continues to serve The Literacy Council of Central Alabama, where he has previously served as chair. He is a proud alumnus of Auburn University and currently a Staff Writer for Outsider.
Community Chronicles 2: Gerica Cammack

Community Chronicles 2: Gerica Cammack

by | Oct 31, 2022

“We were so close to it. I could taste it in my mouth. The smell was in the house. I felt like I couldn’t get away from it. I couldn’t let my window up; I couldn’t let my window down. It’s in the ground. It’s in the foundation.”

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Community Chronicles 1: Keisha Brown

Community Chronicles 1: Keisha Brown

by | Aug 29, 2022

“It’s like a third-world country,” she said. “I know we sound like a broken record, but no one’s doing anything. Politicians keep telling us to vote for them–vote for you for what? What am I voting for you for? To do nothing? We need people who are willing to work with the community’s needs.”

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