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American Problems, Trans Solutions | Trailer

Season 8 Episode 11 | 1m 10s

In the U.S., Black trans people are among the most marginalized of marginalized Americans.  Award-winning journalist Imara Jones shares the stories of trans leaders Kayla Gore, Breonna McCree, and Oluchi Omeoga who, despite the record-breaking number of anti-trans bills passed in 2023, are addressing critical issues surrounding economic empowerment and human dignity with heart and vision.

Major funding for Local, USA provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.
Black Americans forced to go North for advanced degrees return home to fight Jim Crow in the South.
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.
Traveling by train, Black Americans had to endure second-class citizen accommodations and attitudes.
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.
Two residents recall the day they, as young children, witnessed the lynching of Cleo Wright in 1942.
A mother talks about her son's life in Chicago and Sikeston, MO before his death by police.
"If you can see it, you can be it." Breonna McCree talks about the one person who believed in her.
What does home mean to you? Kayla Gore talks about My Sistah's House and hopes for its legacy.
Stories of trans leaders addressing critical issues around economic empowerment and human dignity.
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