EP331: The Winner Who Always Finished Last, From Farm Boy to Founder and The Day President Truman Came to Town

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Inside Atlanta’s Breman Museum: Jewish Life in the American South

On this episode of Our American Stories, The Breman Museum was created to preserve Jewish heritage in the American South, with a focus on Jewish communities in Georgia, Alabama, and beyond. What began as a small archive grew into a museum dedicated to telling the story of Jews in ...  Show more

From Homelessness to Handcrafted Furniture: J.J. Jones’ Story

On this episode of Our American Stories, before J.J. Jones became known in Oxford for building custom furniture, he was a father trying to survive without a home. He spent months living in a vehicle with his young daughter, taking whatever work he could find and doing his best to ...  Show more

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