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.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 812

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Mon, Jun 8 9:00 P.M. American Problems, Trans Solutions     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jun 9 2:00 A.M. American Problems, Trans Solutions     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Jun 9 10:00 A.M. American Problems, Trans Solutions     NH World (11.3)
Thu, Jun 11 9:30 P.M. Decolonizing Mental Health     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jun 12 1:30 A.M. Decolonizing Mental Health     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jun 12 5:00 A.M. American Problems, Trans Solutions     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jun 12 9:30 A.M. Decolonizing Mental Health     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jun 12 11:00 A.M. American Problems, Trans Solutions     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jun 12 2:00 P.M. American Problems, Trans Solutions     NH World (11.3)
Fri, Jun 12 4:30 P.M. Decolonizing Mental Health     NH World (11.3)
Sat, Jun 13 1:30 P.M. American Problems, Trans Solutions     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Jun 14 3:30 A.M. Decolonizing Mental Health     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Jun 14 10:30 A.M. Decolonizing Mental Health     NH World (11.3)
Sun, Jun 14 6:30 P.M. Decolonizing Mental Health     NH World (11.3)


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