Crossing Fences

Crossing Fences

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

Episodes

S4 E25 Kevin Wells

May 1, 2021
Youth interviewer Dayvon Staten collected this oral history of Kevin Wells 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/
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S4 E24 Chef Alfredo Russell

April 24, 2021
Youth interviewer Adam Keene collected this oral history of Chef Alfredo Russell from 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/
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S4 E23 Rev. Sam Ware

April 17, 2021
Youth interviewers Nehemiah Hudgins-Lopez & Gerrod Travis collected this oral history of Reverend Sam Ware 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/
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S4 E22 Malcolm Thomas

April 10, 2021
Youth interviewers Chazz Daniels & Terron Jackson collected this oral history of Malcolm Thomas from 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/
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S4 E21 Keith Robinson

April 3, 2021
Youth interviewers Trevon Moore & Rahmod Robinson collected this oral history of Keith Robinson 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/
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S4 E20 John Wilborn, III

March 27, 2021
Youth interviewers Ricko Christian & Jaymier Scarbrough collected this oral history of John Wilborn, III 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/
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S4 E19 Daniel Lavelle

March 20, 2021
Youth interviewers Chazz Daniels & David Jones collected this oral history of Councilman Daniel Lavelle from 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/
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S4 E18 Gerald Brooks

March 13, 2021
Youth interviewers Aaron Wilson & Xavier Henry collected this oral history of Gerald Brooks 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/
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S4 E17 Mike McGinnis

March 6, 2021
Youth interviewers Michael Mosley, Davon Hamlin & Maxwell Martin collected this oral history of Mike McGinnis 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/
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S4 E16 Terrence Taylor

February 27, 2021
Youth interviewers Jacquea Henderson & Darius Covington collected this oral history of Terrence Taylor 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/
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S4 E15 Danny Williams

February 20, 2021
  Youth interviewers Spencer Jackson, Christian Beyer & Alonzo Kidd collected this oral history of Danny Williams from 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/
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S4 E14 Kashif Henderson

February 13, 2021
Youth interviewers James Metz & Anjol Lewis collected this oral history of Kashif Henderson 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/
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S4 E13 Bruce Ganaway

February 6, 2021
Youth interviewers Terrell Truss-Moore & Isaiah Brice-Pickens collected this oral history of Bruce Ganaway from 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/
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S4 E12 Darnell Campbell

January 30, 2021
Youth interviewers Wesley Smith & Floyd Nichols collected this oral history of Darnell Campbell 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/
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S4 E11 Richard Bradford

January 23, 2021
Youth interviewers Jaquan Betts & Sam Brown collected this oral history of Richard Bradford 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/
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S4 E10 Marcellus Allen

January 16, 2021
Youth interviewers Ryan Jennings-Gard & Chase Mitchell collected this oral history of Marcellus 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/
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S4 E9 George Webb Sr.

January 9, 2021
Youth interviewers Demetrius Allen-Green, Gerrod Travis & Yamir Nelson collected this oral history of George Webb Sr. 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/
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S4 E8 Ricky Hardy

January 2, 2021
Youth interviewers Jassaun Davidson, Isaac Hall & Gildas Kodjo collected this oral history of Ricky Hardy 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/
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S4 E7 Carl Truss

December 26, 2020
Youth interviewers Terron Jackson & Chazz Daniels collected this oral history of Carl Truss 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/
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S4 E6 Neal Williams, III

December 19, 2020
  Youth interviewers John Krall, Keylen Kenney & Xzavier Rodgers collected this oral history of Neal Williams, III 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/
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