Welcome back to Lewis and Broad! This week we interviewed Anton Flores-Maisonet and learned about the Redline Alley and Mona Lane communities. Mona Lane was previously known as the Goose Holler Neighborhood. Both Mona Lane and Redline Alley have a long-standing history of housing marginalized communities. Redline Alley backs the Callway Mansion and property, and many of its residents worked at the Callaway Mansion many years ago.
Anton lives in Decatur, GA, where he is the founder and director of Casa Alterna, a non-profit organization that offers hospitality to our asylum-seeking neighbors.
ATTN: Anton mentions an interview with long-standing resident, Mattie Boddie. There is a snippet of this interview at the end of the episode. If you would like to watch the interview and learn more about Ms. Mattie, please visit this link: https://vimeo.com/279465182. We have acquired this video through Troup County Archives and Henry Jacobs.
For more information on Casa Alterna, please visit their website.