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Crossing Fences

by SLB Radio Productions, Inc.

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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  1. S4 E25 Kevin Wells

    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/

  2. S4 E24 Chef Alfredo Russell

    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/

  3. S4 E23 Rev. Sam Ware

    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/

  4. S4 E22 Malcolm Thomas

    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/

  5. S4 E21 Keith Robinson

    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...

  6. S4 E20 John Wilborn, III

    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/

  7. S4 E19 Daniel Lavelle

    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...

  8. S4 E18 Gerald Brooks

    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...

  9. S4 E17 Mike McGinnis

    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...

  10. S4 E16 Terrence Taylor

    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/

  11. S4 E15 Danny Williams

    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...

  12. S4 E14 Kashif Henderson

    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...

  13. S4 E13 Bruce Ganaway

    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...

  14. S4 E12 Darnell Campbell

    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...

  15. S4 E11 Richard Bradford

    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...

  16. S4 E10 Marcellus Allen

    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...

  17. S4 E9 George Webb Sr.

    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...

  18. S4 E8 Ricky Hardy

    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...

  19. S4 E7 Carl Truss

    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...

  20. S4 E6 Neal Williams, III

    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...

  21. S4 E5 Isaac Franklin

    Youth interviewers Ben Beyer, Devontay Duell & Kevin Faty collected this oral history of Isaac Franklin 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...

  22. S4 E4 Demetrius Ballard

    Youth interviewers Solomon Morris & Marquise Pete collected this oral history of Demetrius Ballard from 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/

  23. S4 E3 Rev. Michael Murray

    Youth interviewers Israel Higgins & Floyd Nichols collected this oral history of Reverend Michael Murray 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/

  24. S4 E2 James Brown

    Youth interviewers Justice Perry, Phillip Thompson III & Nathawan Weatherspoon collected this oral history of James Brown from Homewood. Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...

  25. S4 E1 Brandon Ifill

    Youth interviewers Ronald Wiggins, Raymeir Williams & Garrison Kemp collected this oral history of Brandon Ifill from Penn Hills YMCA Background Music:"Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...

  26. S3 E52 Officer Guy Collins

    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...

  27. S3 E51 Elwin Green

    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/

  28. S3 E50 Harold Allen

    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/

  29. S3 E49 Reverend Donus Crawford

    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...

  30. S3 E48 Dashawn Badie

    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...

  31. S3 E47 Officer Gil Stubbs

    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...

  32. S3 E46 Joe Kennedy, IV

    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...

  33. S3 E45 Leonard Brown

    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...

  34. S3 E44 Lenny Macklin Sr.

    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...

  35. S3 E43 Trevaun Hairston

    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...

  36. S3 E42 Dalynn Liddell

    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...

  37. S3 E41 Coach Robert Kemp

    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...

  38. S3 E40 Andre Turner

    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...

  39. S3 E39 James Gales

    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...

  40. S3 E38 Jeff Henson

    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...

  41. S3 E37 Coach Mubarik Ismaeli

    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...

  42. S3 E36 Coach Rob Williams

    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...

  43. S3 E35 Dr. Rodney Hopson

    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...

  44. S3 E34 Aaron Johnson

    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...

  45. S3 E33 George Knox

    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...

  46. S3 E32 Earnest Dorsett Sr

    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…

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  47. S3 E31 Archie Kimbrough, III

    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...

  48. S3 E30 Rev. Bobby James Smith

    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...

  49. S3 E29 Paul Ellis Jr., Esq.

    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...

  50. S3 E28 Kevin Amos

    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/

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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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