Bulloch sharecropper tale goes national

StoryCorps publishes audio interview with Johnny, Kathy Bradley

Kathy Bradley and her father, Johnny, wait to be called onstage Monday in the Atlanta History Center at the book launch party for "Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work," the fifth StoryCorps book by Dave Isay. The father and daughter's interview has been included in the book. - photo by Special

Bradley Front Web — Kathy Bradley and her father, Johnny, wait to be called onstage Monday in the Atlanta History Center at the book launch party for "Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work," the fifth StoryCorps book by Dave Isay. The father and daughter's interview has been included in the book. - photo by Special

Local attorney and Statesboro Herald columnist Kathy Bradley is a twice-published author, but the most recent book with her name in it is not one she wrote herself – though it comes hard on the heels of her most recent release. This time around, Bradley is appearing in a chapter of “Callings: The Purpose of Passion and Work,” the fifth compilation of interviews by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay – and in it, she interviews her father about growing up in the last generation of Southern sharecroppers. Kathy Bradley and her father, Johnny Bradley, gave their story to StoryCorps about seven years ago.