There comes a moment when silence becomes unbearable.
A moment when you can no longer sit quietly and watch the same injustices recycle themselves, decade after decade, generation after generation — especially when you have lived through them, suffered through them, and documented every twist of the knife.
For me, that moment is now.
The Southern Justice Archive exists because the truth has been hidden, suppressed, distorted, or dismissed for far too long.
Not just my truth — our truth.
Our community’s truth.
My father’s truth.
The truth of Black business owners across Alabama who have been forced to fight systems designed to break them.
This archive is my answer.
WHAT THIS ARCHIVE IS — AND IS NOT
Let me be direct:
This is not a blog.
This is not a hobby.
This is not an emotional outlet.
This is not a reaction.
This is a record.
A repository.
A historical instrument.
A truth-keeping mechanism.
A preservation tool.
A challenge to power.
This is the place where:
documented facts
legal filings
civil-rights history
original materials
eyewitness accounts
investigative work
community memory
family legacy
and truth
…all meet in one organized, accessible, public platform.
This archive is alive, and it is built to endure.
**WHY NOW?
Because the cycle has repeated itself again.**
Nearly 60 years ago, my father — Wilkie Clark — fought the State of Alabama for the right to operate a Black-owned funeral home with dignity, independence, and legal respect.
His fight was long.
His fight was lonely.
His fight was strategic.
His fight was documented.
And his fight changed things.
Yet here I am, decades later, facing:
the same retaliatory mindset
the same regulatory weaponization
the same disregard for due process
the same discriminatory patterns
the same attempt to silence and intimidate
The difference now is this:
I have the receipts.
I have the records.
I have my father’s history.
I have federal mechanisms.
I have the will to speak.
And I have a platform.
Which leads me to the purpose of this archive.
THE SOUTHERN JUSTICE ARCHIVE EXISTS TO DO THREE THINGS:
1. Document What Happened.
Not rumors.
Not emotions.
Not selective memory.
Facts.
Dates.
Letters.
Orders.
Receipts.
Evidence.
History.
Truth in tangible form.
2. Preserve What Matters.
Our history is not an elective.
It is not disposable.
It is not “nice to know.”
For Black families, Black business owners, and Black communities —
history is survival.
It is context.
It is protection.
It is a shield.
It is a blueprint.
Everything they tried to bury,
I will preserve.
3. Protect What Must Endure.
My father’s legacy.
My mother’s sacrifice.
Our funeral home.
Our community.
Our story.
Our truth.
And the rights of every person who has been mistreated under the guise of “regulation” or “procedure.”
This archive exists to protect what must not be destroyed — again.
WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE
This space will house:
federal complaints
investigative posts
legal analyses
civil-rights narratives
historical documents
personal reflections
commentary on Alabama’s systems
the Clark family’s 57-year legacy
original archival materials
press releases
public statements
And everything I am forced to uncover on the road to justice.
**THIS ARCHIVE IS FOR THE PUBLIC. BUT IT IS ALSO PERSONAL.**
I am Wilkie Clark’s daughter.
And this — all of this — is a continuation of a fight I was BORN into.
A fight my father didn’t ask for.
A fight he didn’t deserve.
A fight he endured because he wanted a better future for his children and his community.
And here I stand, decades later, picking up the pages of his story and adding my own.
**IF YOU’RE READING THIS, YOU ARE PART OF THIS MOMENT.**
Subscribe, follow, read, share —
because what happens next will not stay quiet.
This archive exists because truth matters.
Because justice matters.
Because legacy matters.
And because some stories are too important to leave buried.
Welcome to The Southern Justice Archive.
This is where the record lives now.
The Southern Justice Archive
Presented By: Charlotte A. Clark-Frieson aka
Wilkie Clark’s Daughter”
“Documenting what happened, Preserving what matters, Protecting what must endure!”