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Unfortunately we don't know enough about his background and upbringing to say for sure (unless I completely missed those revelations) but we can make educated guesses based off what we know about real serial killers/cannibals, him, and the era he grew up in.

It seems that there is a significant statistical correlation between violent criminals (including serial killers; I couldn't find any information about cannibals in my very cursory search) and being raised by a single mother. However many of these criminals hate women due in part to that upbringing (and many suffered terrible abuse)... but Al doesn't seem to hate women and he seems to be quite fond of his mother. I know African Americans of the time had strong family bonds (low single parent rates, low divorce, etc.) but I don't know how much of that extends to Creole populations; it's possible that IF he raised by his mom alone (and I'm not aware of any mentions of his dad) that she was widowed while he was quite young. Even if she worked, had a tight knit community and a church to lean on (as the Church was essentially the only financial safety net at the time; the New Deal and other such systems would've only appeared late in his life) it would've been a difficult situation. He probably didn't live in the greatest area (as safe as she could find in her means, quite probably) and he probably wouldn't have wanted to go too far from her as an adult (assuming she survived that long; if she didn't outlive him entirely).

However he did become THE Radio Demon. That suggests his radio personality was quite popular and he sincerely loved the work (unless we're attributing the extent of his power to Rosie). He probably DID fall into the "uppity" category; and that's assuming that petty people didn't report him to the authorities (of whatever type) for achieving radio host status as Creole to begin with.