Silence in Sikeston | Witnesses to a Lynching
Season 8
Episode 12
About the Episode
Carleen Harrington and Mable Cook were only girls growing up in Sikeston, Missouri when Cleo Wright was lynched by a white mob in front of the Black community. The violence of that 1942 day haunted these two young residents, and the small city, for decades leaving them silent to the situation. Now, they are sharing how the experience affected them.
Aired:
| Expires: | Runtime: 59s
Recent Episodes
-
Episode 17, Season 8<br> UNVEILED: Joyce Tenneson and the Heroine's Journey
A female photographer struggles to navigate diverging roles as good mother and acclaimed artist.| 56:06 -
Episode 18, Season 8<br> With Peter Bradley
Overlooked since the 1970s, abstract artist Peter Bradley reflects on life and shares his process.| 1:23:54
Extras
-
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 | 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 -
Segregation Scholarships | Trailer
Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.1:16 -
Segregation Scholarships | Preview
Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.0:30 -
Silence in Sikeston | Preview
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.0:30 -
Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Oysters
Aquafarmer Kellen Singleton loves oysters. But warming waters are challenging their future.0:59 -
Against the Current: Life on the Eastern Shore | Organic Farming
Thelonius Cook shares his worries over organic farming and climate change on the Eastern Shore.0:58
