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America's Awesome Kids
West Virginia’s children ages 8-10 have the opportunity to “tell their stories” as part of the America’s Awesome Kids project. A partnership between WVPB and WGBH in Boston.
This week, we speak with the author of a new graphic novel about the West Virginia Mine Wars. Also, professional storyteller James Froemel invents quirky characters, like a sign maker who can’t spell. And, one of the most common animals to get hit by cars are opossums. But, there’s a kind of animal rescue called pouch picking. We talk with author Laura Jackson.
Us & Them host Trey Kay joined a small group to travel through America’s southern states learning about the country’s racial past and the impact of the civil rights movement today. This immersive journey took them across several states to places that have come to define periods in America’s racial history — from Charleston, South Carolina’s slave trade market to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The group visited sites that put this country’s racist history on display, and Kay was along to hear them reflect on our nation and themselves.
This episode of Us & Them is presented with support from the West Virginia Humanities Council and CRC Foundation.
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James Person, one of the original Freedom Riders, in Atlanta, GA, with Us & Them host Trey Kay.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public BroadcastingProf. Todd Allen speaking to a tour group at King Center in Atlanta, GA.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public BroadcastingUs & Them host Trey Kay at Ebeneezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public BroadcastingFinal resting place for Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Atlanta, GA.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public BroadcastingBetsy Disharoon in her art studio in the suburbs of Boston, MA.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public BroadcastingMcLeod Plantation is a former slave plantation located on James Island, near Charleston, SC.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public BroadcastingJohn Gardiner stands in front of small cabins, which once house enslaved people, and speaks about the history of the McLeod Plantation and the slave trade in Charleston, SC.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public BroadcastingAziz Abu Sarah, founder of Mejdi Tours, rides on a bus heading to Charleston, SC and tells travelers about his experience as a Palestinian growing up in Jerusalem.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public BroadcastingMejdi Tours’ Civil Rights Journey stops at the site of the future International African American Museum in Charleston, SC.
Credit: Trey Kay/West Virginia Public Broadcasting
This week, we speak with the author of a new graphic novel about the West Virginia Mine Wars. Also, professional storyteller James Froemel invents quirky characters, like a sign maker who can’t spell. And, one of the most common animals to get hit by cars are opossums. But, there’s a kind of animal rescue called pouch picking. We talk with author Laura Jackson.
By 2040, America’s 85+ population will more than double. Our latest Us & Them episode explores how West Virginia — already at nearly 21% over 65 — will shoulder the caregiving load, with voices from a live forum and clips from PBS’s Caregiving. If Medicaid gets squeezed, who catches us when we fall?