TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - A project 20 years in the making will finally make its debut to the public Wednesday.
WTXL ABC's Jada Williams was live Wednesday morning to show us how one Tallahassee woman is bringing the many stories of Tallahassee's soul voices to life.
Althamese Barnes has been interviewing African American legends here in Tallahassee since 1997. And Wednesday she will feature her first of many in the Soul Voice's collection.
On Wednesday night the series will showcase Katherine Speights.
Soul Voices is a product of the John G. Reily House and Barnes, a historian.
The collection details life for black people growing up in Tallahassee and Leon County.
Barnes tells says that although she started the project in the 90's, she didn't decide to open those stories up to the public until she realized without her those stories would be lost.
If you want to check this out, it starts at 5:30 p.m. at the TCC Workforce and Economic Development Building.
The next soul voices series will be July 24.
Barnes has spent years talking to people. About how many interviews did she conduct?
Barnes told me the number is somewhere in the ballpark of 75 interviews and many of them were about four hours long.
