DANI HARDY

My father, Danny Hardy, on Smith family plot where his mother's trailer used to sit

"Red dirt." My grandmother used to use this mix as a sort of chewing gum.

Smoker used for the famous smoked baked beans

Minimally decorated living room of my cousin, Justin, the first black man to move to into town

My uncle in front of his garden in Meridian, MS 

Deer feeder for hunting

Crowd setup for the Black History Month Parade

Smoke coming from an adjacent family's bbq get-together at the BHM parade

My 96-year-old great-uncle imparting wisdom on my dad

Country road with confederate neighbor 

Parade beads hung with similar reverence as passed loved ones in aunt's home

Island of overgrown flora in the segregated African-American cemetery in State Line, MS

Horse and children's toys filling the vast family land  

A play cousin tattooing uncle Tommy in aunt Kaylee's living room

"Mississippi Boys"

Father

Mother

Me