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Feb 2023
31m 46s

1 - Young Black Male

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About this episode

When a 13-year-old Black boy is attacked in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, Yohance rallies his crew to avenge the beating.


Credits

Host: Yohance Lacour

Producers: Bill Healy, Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Erisa Apantaku, Sarah Geis

Sound Design/Mixing and Music Supervision: Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company

Original Music: Taka Yasuzawa

Executive Producers: Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven (Invisible Institute) and Josh Bloch (USG Audio)

Production Support: Jennifer Sears and Josh Laolagi

Fact-checking: Angely Mercado

Key Art: Kenneth L. Copeland, Jr.

Special Thanks: The Sebring Crew (Earl, Peewee, Willie, Ro, Jamaz) Kanesha Broadwater, Michael Clark

 

Archival audio in this episode include (in order of appearance): C-SPAN, CBS Evening News, NPR/All Things Considered, MSNBC/NBC News, WBEZ, Dateline, CNN, WTTW, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, NBC Evening News, NPR/Weekend Edition, YouTube, CBS Chicago, The Today Show, WMAQ, and Conus.

 

For more information, go to usgaudio.com.

 

To learn about the Invisible Institute’s human rights reporting, visit invisible.institute.


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