Arresting Black Independent Journalists for covering a story is similar to how enslavers and plantation owners of Jim Crow instilled fear into Black populations… by making a spectacle of Black resistance and bodies to send a message “get out of line and this too could be you”.
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My brother Dana Gioia has been on the trail of mysterious poet Weldon Kees for decades. In this new documentary, he tells the story of a remarkable polymath, who made his mark in everything from jazz to literature—then disappeared on July 18, 1955.
