Ancestor Quote by Josephine Pinckney

I was born and raised in Charleston, SC.

— Khris Middleton

I love so many things about Charleston.

— Edi Patterson

Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

All of us in the Ball family in South Carolina, from the time we're children, hear stories about our ancestors, the slave owners.

— Edward Ball

Charleston is an amazing place. I probably didn't appreciate it enough when I was growing up.

— Thomas Gibson

Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors on either side of…

— Harper Lee

I think of myself as a Hollywood hillbilly, but I'm sick of all these questions people ask about Alabama. 'Do you have an outhouse?'…

— Sunny Mabrey

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a working man, a quiet, blue-collar…

— Ice T

“We southerners worship our ancestors.”

— Amanda Stevens

My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude.

— Ice T

“The first thing outsiders notice about Southerners is the way we talk. In fact, if it wasn’t for our speech, some people wouldn’t know…

— Deborah Ford

My father's family didn't really know much about our ancestry. I mean, they had the story that I think a lot of white Americans…

— Alex Wagner