Jamila Minnicks
Jamila Minnicks is a lawyer turned writer whose work focuses on the intimate and untold stories of Black life in Alabama. Her debut novel, Moonrise over New Jessup, was published in January 2023.
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
Footprints In Alabama
My mama’s family is Alabama for at least four generations. Though I grew up in Illinois, my soul is rooted here. So whenever anyone narrows their eyes and cocks their head to question how I — a Black woman — could possibly love this place, my answer has been: “Because generations of my people’s blood and footprints are in this soil.”
July 2023
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