Silence In Sikeston
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The story of how the 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright - and the failure of the first federal attempt to prosecute a lynching - continues to haunt a small Missouri city. In 2020, the past reverberates in the present in the police killing of a young Black father. SILENCE IN SIKESTON explores the necessary questions about history, trauma, silence and resilience in a community divided over 78 years.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 812

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Sat, Dec 21 10:00 P.M. With Peter Bradley     NH World (11.3)
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