Black America and Covid

by Sonja J Killebrew

HOW HAVE BLACK AMERICANS BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID-19? Are you a Black American who has lost someone during the Covid-19 pandemic? Are you a Black American who didn't lose anyone and you want to share what it was like to work and live during the Covid-19 pandemic? Are you a non-Black American who lost someone close to you who was a Black American and you want to share their life story? Do you want to share your story about t... Read more

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • S01 E81 - Interview 079 with Osumanu Adamu

    S01 E81 - Interview 079 with Osumanu Adamu

    Listen to Bronx native Osumanu Adamu share about living and working in New York City during the Covid-19 pandemic. He worked in-person from June 2020 until he caught the coronavirus at the end of 2020. He endured it for three mont...

    58:15
  • S01 E80 - Interview 078 with Ray Walker

    S01 E80 - Interview 078 with Ray Walker

    Listen to Bronx native Ray Walker—the founding director of New York City’s first urban boarding school for young men in Brooklyn, New York—share about living and working during the pandemic. He talks about his ancestors who trace ...

    01:16:44
  • S01 E79 - Interview 077 with Sean Waltrous

    S01 E79 - Interview 077 with Sean WaltrousExplicit

    Listen to photographer Sean Waltrous whose family emigrated from The Caribbean—Trinidad, Barbados, and Jamaica—and who is from Brooklyn, New York share about his life at the beginning, middle, and (approaching the official) end of...

    01:24:09
  • S01 E78 - Interview 076 with Kevaughn Hunter

    S01 E78 - Interview 076 with Kevaughn Hunter

    Listen to Adjunct Professor and writer Kevaughn Hunter who was born in The Bronx and raised in Brooklyn, New York share about living in New Jersey during the pandemic. His family is from the island of Jamaica and he identifies as ...

    22:48
  • S01 E77 - Interview 075 with Jahmani Perry

    S01 E77 - Interview 075 with Jahmani Perry

    Listen to filmmaker, photographer, and writer Jahmani Perry of Brooklyn, New York—whose parents are from Jamaica, West Indies—share about living and working during the Covid-19 pandemic. He identifies as Black and Caribbean Ameri...

    30:23