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Crossing Fences

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Oral histories of African-American men in Pittsburgh as collected by African-American boys and young men in Grades 5 to 12.

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S3 E52 Officer Guy Collins

November 07, 2020 22:00 - 8.23 MB

Youth interviewers Darnell Caldwell, Angelo Burgher & Darwin Spencer collected this oral history of Officer Guy Collins from Carnegie Free Library in Braddock. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E51 Elwin Green

October 31, 2020 20:00 - 8.17 MB

Youth interviewer Rodney Smitherman collected this oral history of Elwin Green of Homewood. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E50 Harold Allen

October 24, 2020 20:00 - 7.51 MB

Youth interviewers Lukas Kelley & Donovan Kelley collected this oral history of Harold Allen from McKeesport City Hall. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E49 Reverend Donus Crawford

October 17, 2020 20:00 - 8.26 MB

Youth interviewers Terrell Truss-Moore & Terron Jackson collected this oral history of Reverend Donus Crawford from University Prep in the Hill District. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E48 Dashawn Badie

October 10, 2020 20:00 - 6.14 MB

Youth interviewers Nasheed Goodwine, Lamont Johnson & David Freeman collected this oral history of Dashawn Badie from YouthPlaces. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E47 Officer Gil Stubbs

October 03, 2020 20:00 - 8.18 MB

Youth interviewers Joshua Hodeney, Isaiah Pete & Davon Moultrie collected this oral history of Officer Gil Stubbs from YouthPlaces in Wilkinsburg. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E46 Joe Kennedy, IV

September 26, 2020 20:00 - 7.67 MB

Youth interviewers Donnell Trowell & Tavon Ogletree collected this oral history of Joe Kennedy, IV from Pittsburgh Schiller in the Northside. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E45 Leonard Brown

September 19, 2020 20:00 - 7.25 MB

Youth interviewers Anthony Carrington & Elijah Peterson collected this oral history of Leonard Brown from Pittsburgh's Hilltop. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E44 Lenny Macklin Sr.

September 12, 2020 20:00 - 7.52 MB

  Youth interviewers Ben Beyer, Devontay Duell & Alonzo Kidd collected this oral history of Lenny Macklin Sr. from Trinity AME Zion Church in Sheraden. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E43 Trevaun Hairston

September 05, 2020 20:00 - 9.18 MB

Youth interviewers Charles Auman & Darrel Pullie collected this oral history of Trevaun Hairston from the Spartan Community Center in Hazelwood. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E42 Dalynn Liddell

August 29, 2020 20:00 - 6.73 MB

Youth interviewers Trevon Blair, Tracy Strong & Antonio Lancaster collected this oral history of Dalynn Liddel from Father Ryan Arts Center in Sto-Rox Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E41 Coach Robert Kemp

August 22, 2020 20:00 - 8.45 MB

Youth interviewers Cameron Griffin, Hezron Omune & Jeremy Hamilton collected this oral history of Coach Robert Kemp from Penn Hills YMCA. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E40 Andre Turner

August 15, 2020 20:00 - 8.06 MB

Youth interviewers Jairon King, Nikhai Hill-Green & Zion McCaskill collected this oral history of Andre Turner from Brothers and Sisters Emerging in Garfield. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E39 James Gales

August 08, 2020 20:00 - 6.6 MB

Youth Interviewers Cassius Plummer, Ernez Campbell & DaJuan Davis, Jr. collected this oral history of James Gales from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Hill District branch. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E38 Jeff Henson

August 01, 2020 20:00 - 7.59 MB

Youth interviewers Dominick Ross, Nykie Goodwine & Lewis Ross collected this oral history of Jeff Henson at Youth Places HUB. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E37 Coach Mubarik Ismaeli

July 25, 2020 20:00 - 9.35 MB

Youth interviewers Shawn McGinester & Micah Stanback collected this oral history of Coach Mubarik "Mu" Ismaeli from Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Homewood Branch. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E36 Coach Rob Williams

July 18, 2020 20:00 - 7.39 MB

Youth interviewers Darwin Spencer & Andre Avent-Taylor collected this oral history of Coach Rob Williams from Braddock Carnegie Library. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E35 Dr. Rodney Hopson

July 11, 2020 20:00 - 8.25 MB

Youth interviewers Adam Keene, Bryan Eberhardt & Christopher Dotson, Jr. collected this oral history of Dr. Rodney Hopson from Center of Life in Hazelwood. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E34 Aaron Johnson

July 04, 2020 20:00 - 6.64 MB

Youth interviewers Desmone Stanford & Cameron Mitchell collected this oral history of Aaron Johnson from McKeesport City Hall. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E33 George Knox

June 27, 2020 20:00 - 7.94 MB

Youth interviewers Anthony Carrington, Aronde Camp & Jordan Dennis collected this oral history of George Knox from McKinley Park in Pittsburgh's Hilltop. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E32 Earnest Dorsett Sr

June 20, 2020 20:00 - 7.42 MB

Youth interviewers Justin McEachern, Terrance McIntosh & Deondre Morgan collected this oral history of Earnest Dorsett Sr. from Pittsburgh Schiller in the Northside. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E31 Archie Kimbrough, III

June 13, 2020 20:00 - 9.7 MB

Youth interviewers Shaun Beasley & Dorrian Butler collected this oral history of Archie Kimbrough, III from Trinity AME Zion Church in Sheraden. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E30 Rev. Bobby James Smith

June 06, 2020 20:00 - 9.36 MB

Youth interviewers Darnel Youngblood, Demon Ross & Alon Rutledge collected this oral history of Rev. Bobby James Smith from Best of the Batch in Homestead. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E29 Paul Ellis Jr., Esq.

May 30, 2020 20:00 - 8.87 MB

Youth interviewers Terrell Truss-Moore & Isaiah Brice-Pickens collected this oral history of Paul Ellis Jr. Esq. from University Prep in the Hill District. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E28 Kevin Amos

May 16, 2020 20:00 - 8.31 MB

Youth interviewer Rodney Smitherman collected this oral history of Kevin Amos of Homewood. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E27 Mayor John Thompson

May 09, 2020 20:00 - 8.09 MB

Youth interviewers Isaiah Pete & Jesus Pierce collected this oral history of Mayor John Thompson from YouthPlaces in Wilkinsburg. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E26 David Coleman

May 02, 2020 20:00 - 7.88 MB

Youth interviewers Tavion Laban, Korrell Robinson & Antonio Lancaster collected this oral history of David Coleman from Father Ryan Arts Center in Sto-Rox. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E25 Douglas Johnson

April 25, 2020 20:00 - 7.64 MB

Youth interviewers David Staples & Taquan Peters collected this oral history of Douglas Johnson from YouthPlaces. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E24 Duane Rentas

April 18, 2020 20:00 - 9.31 MB

Youth interviewers Shyheim Banks & Rashaud Foster collected this oral history of Duane Rentas from Center of Life in Hazelwood. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E23 Wayne Jones

April 11, 2020 20:00 - 8.7 MB

Youth interviewers Omar McCord, Mark Fancher & Damiaz Kenney collected this oral history of Wayne Jones from Brothers and Sisters Emerging in Garfield. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E22 Erik Cooper

April 04, 2020 20:00 - 8.18 MB

Youth interviewers Dominic Burden, Azeiryus Britt & Darrell Holloway collected this oral history of Erik Cooper from Penn Hills YMCA. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E21 Christopher Smith

March 28, 2020 20:00 - 9.2 MB

Youth interviewers Tyler Hill, Codie Garth & Demon Ross collected this oral history of Christopher Smith from Best of the Batch in Homestead. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E20 Ron Jones

March 21, 2020 20:00 - 8.45 MB

Youth interviewers Terrell Truss-Moore & Isaiah Brice-Pickens collected this oral history of Ron Jones from University Prep in the Hill District. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E19 Luqmon Abdus’ Salaam

March 14, 2020 20:00 - 6.99 MB

Youth interviewers Louie Rice & Deondre Morgan collected this oral history of Luqmon Abdus' Salaam from Pittsburgh Schiller in the Northside. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E19 Luqmon Abdus' Salaam

March 14, 2020 16:00 - 5 minutes - 6.99 MB

Youth interviewers Louie Rice & Deondre Morgan collected this oral history of Luqmon Abdus' Salaam from Pittsburgh Schiller in the Northside. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E18 Dennis Walker

March 07, 2020 22:00 - 5.94 MB

Youth interviewers Solomon Morris & Loran Evans collected this oral history of Dennis Walker from Youth Places in Wilkinsburg. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 Ep17 Chef Kevin McGuire Sr

February 29, 2020 22:00 - 9.45 MB

  Youth interviewers Chris Mullen & Ryan Moriarty collected this oral history of Chef Kevin McGuire Sr. from Carnegie Free Library in Braddock. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

S3 E16 Ocie Lee Paige

February 22, 2020 22:00 - 8.48 MB

Youth interviewers Dennis Sanders, Donovan Kelley, Michael Smith & Lukas Kelley collected this oral history of Ocie Lee Paige from McKeesport City Hall. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E15 John Brewer

February 15, 2020 22:00 - 8.85 MB

  Youth interviewer Hezekiah Moore collected this oral history of John Brewer from Homewood. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

S3 E14 Coach Calvin Murphy

February 08, 2020 22:00 - 10.4 MB

Youth interviewers Gregory Lowe & Christian Beyer collected this oral history of Coach Calvin Murphy from Trinity AME Zion Church in Sheraden Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E13 John Hairston

February 01, 2020 22:00 - 8.05 MB

Youth interviewers James Metz, Aronde Camp & D’ Andre Collier collected this oral history of John Hairston from McKinley Park in Pittsburgh's Hilltop Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E12 James K. Washington

January 25, 2020 22:00 - 7.32 MB

Youth interviewers Gildas Kodjo, Anthony Clifford & Zach Milton collected this oral history of James K. Washington from Father Ryan Arts Center in Sto-Rox. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E11 Towan Hall

January 18, 2020 22:00 - 8 MB

Youth interviewers Taquan Peters & David Staples collected this oral history of Towan Hall from YouthPlaces Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E10 George Spencer Sr.

January 11, 2020 22:00 - 8.26 MB

Youth interviewers Aaron Wilson & Xavier Henry collected this oral history of George Spencer Sr. from Wilkinsburg High School. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

S3 E9 Charles Grayson III

January 04, 2020 22:00 - 7.95 MB

Youth interviewers Donnell Trowell & James Perry collected this oral history of Charles Grayson III from Pittsburgh Schiller in the Northside. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E8 Fred Dingle

December 28, 2019 22:00 - 7.95 MB

Youth interviewers Davon Hamlin, Maxwell Martin & Michael Mosley collected this oral history of Fred Dingle from Brothers and Sisters Emerging in Garfield. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E7 Robert Parker

December 21, 2019 22:00 - 8.59 MB

Youth interviewers Andrew Burgher & DaMon Radwanski collected this oral history of Robert Parker from Carnegie Free Library in Braddock. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E6 Woody Wilson

December 14, 2019 22:00 - 7.76 MB

Youth interviewers Ryan Jennings-Gard & Chase Mitchell collected this oral history of Woody Wilson from McKeesport City Hall. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E5 Ron Graham

December 07, 2019 22:00 - 7.46 MB

Youth interviewers Miguel Jackson & Cameron Jeffries collected this oral history of Ron Graham from YMCA Penn Hills. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

S3 E4 Sanford-Mark Barnes

November 30, 2019 22:00 - 10.1 MB

Youth interviewers Milligan Garth & Tyler Thomas collected this oral history of Sanford-Mark Barnes from Best of the Batch in Homestead. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/