Silence in Sikeston | Witnesses to a Lynching

Local, USA
Air Date: 09/16/24 | Rating: TV-PG

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.

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Road Scholars
S9 Ep1 | 25m 46s

Young Black men seek wisdom from an older generation, hoping to avoid becoming another statistic.

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