American Problems, Trans Solutions | Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project
Season 8
Episode 11
About the Episode
Oluchi Omeoga, the co-director of the Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) talks about the origins of the Minneapolis, MN organization. They center their work at the intersection of race, gender identity and immigration which Omeoga understands as a Black trans leader/activist whose family is Igbo of Nigeria.
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Extras
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Silence in Sikeston | Beyond the Lens with Cara Anthony
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Segregation Scholarships | Investing in Black Education
The scholarships provided educational opportunity for Black Americans while maintaining segregation.1:14 -
Inundation District | Trailer
Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas.1:18 -
Inundation District | Preview
Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas.0:29 -
Silence in Sikeston | Meet the Makers
A conversation about the film and podcast and what they examine and expose about silence and health.16:10 -
Silence in Sikeston | Before Lynching Became a Crime
Before the death of Cleo Wright in 1942, lynching was never prosecuted as a federal crime.0:56 -
Silence in Sikeston | Love & Grief for a Young, Black Father
A mother talks about her son's life in Chicago and Sikeston, MO before his death by police.0:59 -
Silence in Sikeston | Witnesses to a Lynching
Two residents recall the day they, as young children, witnessed the lynching of Cleo Wright in 1942.0:59 -
Silence in Sikeston | Trailer
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.1:17 -
Segregation Scholarships | Traveling North from Jim Crow South
Traveling by train, Black Americans had to endure second-class citizen accommodations and attitudes.1:28
