{"id":1943191,"date":"2024-11-14T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/?page_id=1943191"},"modified":"2026-04-17T19:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T23:43:25","slug":"podcast-silence-in-sikeston","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/podcast-silence-in-sikeston\/","title":{"rendered":"Silence in Sikeston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 1942 lynching of Cleo Wright. The 2020 police shooting of Denzel Taylor.
Two Black men killed nearly 80 years apart by a public health threat of their time.
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\u201cSilence in Sikeston\u201d explores what it means to live with racism and violence, then charts the toll on people’s health \u2014 from hives, high blood pressure, inflammation and heart disease to struggles with mental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1942, Cleo Wright was removed from a Sikeston, Missouri, jail and lynched by a mob. Nearly 80 years later, Denzel Taylor was killed by police in the same community. The deaths of these two Black fathers tell a story about the public health consequences of racism and systemic bias. Meet residents determined to live healthier lives after generations of community silence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSilence in Sikeston\u201d is the podcast about finding the words to say the things that go unsaid. This is an invitation. Perhaps this journalism, these stories, will spark a conversation that you\u2019ve been meaning to have.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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