“We Just Barely Got By”: Voices of the Silent Generation Posted on May 17, 2026May 17, 2026 by Trinity Seiber 1940. Mobile City, Alabama. City of Oppression and the lingering shadow of Jim Crow. Sharecroppers in backwoods scratching to make a dollar to feed a whole family in a 600 square feet home. Whites Only signs on every corner. Dora Lou Gamble was born. She was brought into a world where everything was black & […]