You Don't Say
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -You Don’t Say is a special project commissioned by the City of Columbia’s bicentennial Como200 task force. It’s co-produced by the Sharp End Heritage Committee and KBIA.
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You Don't Say: 'We didn’t have everything, but we had everything we needed to survive.'
September 24, 2021 22:00 - 7 minutes - 39.6 MBFor this bonus episode of You Don't Say, we’re going to step outside of Columbia to speak with brothers Mike and Tim Jackman.
You Don't Say: 'Once you make improvements within a community, then there will be some improvement. But the disparities are still there.'
July 23, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutes - 39.6 MBHickman High School Football Coach Cedric Alvis sat down with his grandfather Larry Monroe for a chat at Hickman High School. The pair began by talking about what life looked like for the black working class in the 80’s.
You Don't Say: 'Separate but equal: I don't think you could find that equality if you check the records'
July 16, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutes - 39.5 MBIn this edition of You Don’t Say, Larry Monroe and KBIA’s Isabella Paxton sits down with Cedric Alvis, Monroe’s grandson, and the football coach at Hickman High School. Both having played football in high school, they talk about their experiences on and off of the field, and how football in Columbia has changed since Monroe played.
You Don't Say: 'My entire purpose in education was to create spaces where all students felt welcome.'
June 25, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutes - 39.7 MBDr. Eryca Neville is very familiar with the education system in Missouri. She’s the principal at Frederick Douglass High School, where she helps shape the lives of dozens of teenagers year in and year out.
You Don't Say: 'They expect you to be the spokesperson'
June 18, 2021 23:00 - 7 minutes - 39.6 MBDr. Eryca Neville has spent over 20 years in education and has dedicated a lot of her time to learning about the community in Columbia and the needs of students and their families. She is the principal at Douglass High School, where she and Tyus Monroe sat down for a conversation about education in Columbia.
You Don't Say: 'I think we'll grow together'
July 02, 2020 22:14 - 7 minutesHaving grown up in Columbia, Second Missionary Baptist Church Deacon Larry Monroe has seen how the city has changed over the years. He remembers the breaking down of segregation, urban renewal, and the social barriers that still remained while attending Douglass High School.
You Don't Say: 'We are so much more alike than we are different'
June 12, 2020 02:11 - 7 minutesBarbra Horrell is a life-long Columbian who worked 45 years for MU and is an advocate for African-American history and preservation with the Sharp End Heritage Committee. Annelle Whitt spent more than two decades as an insurance executive, and now runs the Columbia Public Schools district’s MAC scholars program.
You Don't Say: 'We could see the love, and we were taught the love'
June 04, 2020 22:59 - 7 minutesRev. David Ballenger grew up in Columbia during the 1950s and 60s. He grew up in an African-American community in Columbia that has grown much larger than when he was a child, yet many neighborhood landmarks, family homes and businesses in the Sharp End district and on Third Street were destroyed through urban renewal.
You Don't Say: 'We came, and we've conquered'
May 28, 2020 18:11 - 7 minutesReverend Clyde Ruffin has served the Columbia community wearing many hats – as a councilmember for the Columbia's First Ward council district, as a professor in MU’s Theatre department, and currently as the pastor of Columbia’s historic Second Missionary Baptist Church.
You Don't Say: 'So many of our African-American leaders have their roots in the church'
May 21, 2020 22:25 - 7 minutesDavid Ballenger has been the pastor at Log Providence Baptist Church in Columbia since 1984. He’s a familiar face in the city – he grew up in Columbia, went through its public schools, and played on its football teams.
You Don't Say: 'We've made some great strides, but we've still got a long way to go.'
May 14, 2020 16:31 - 7 minutesIn this edition of KBIA’s “You Don’t Say” series, mid-Missouri NAACP Director Mary Ratliff speaks with long-time Columbian Sehon Williams.
You Don't Say: 'Urban renewal made renters out of the community'
May 12, 2020 02:22 - 7 minutesIn this conversation for KBIA’s “You Don’t Say” series about the black experience in Columbia – Sharp End Heritage Committee chair James Whitt speaks with Second Baptist Church deacon Larry Monroe. They talked about Monroe's memories of the sights and sounds of the historic Sharp End business district.
You Don't Say: 'As life impacts us, how do we choose to respond?'
May 11, 2020 18:55 - 7 minutesBarbra Horrell is a life-long Columbian who graduated in 1959, with the last segregated class at Douglass High School. She went on to become the first black student from Columbia to get a full ride in scholarships to MU, and then spent 45 years with the university before retiring. Horrell is a key advocate for historic preseration and education in Columbia with the Sharp End Heritage Committee.
You Don't Say: 'Everyone knew they were on the threshold of change.'
May 11, 2020 17:49 - 7 minutesKBIA's conversation series "You Don't Say" explores the black experience in Columbia, then and now.