Local Black Teens On Ferguson: 'It's Hard To Talk To People Who Don't Care' Jeannie Yandel speaks with Devan Rogers and Yaninna Sharpley-Travis, two members of Youth Undoing Institutional Racism, about how they interpret the... Jeannie Yandel Matthew Streib
Jimi Hendrix, Seattle And Race In Post-War American Culture David Hyde speaks with cultural historian, musician and writer Peter Bacon Hales about Jimi Hendrix's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower,"... David Hyde Amina Al-Sadi
Could You Describe Your Racial Experience In Six Words? Ross Reynolds speaks with NPR host and special correspondent Michele Norris about her project the Race Card Project. Ross Reynolds Posey Gruener
Race & Identity Black In Seattle: Video And Tweets From Washington Hall In late October 2013, KUOW aired Tonya Mosley’s four-part series Black in Seattle. The series immediately struck a chord for listeners throughout the Puget Sound area. KUOW
Race & Identity Finding a (Black) man: Dating woes for Seattle's Black women In 2002, Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large wrote about the black experience in Seattle in which black women complained about how few black men there were to date. One woman said, "Seattle is hard on black women's dating aspirations." Tonya Mosley
Race & Identity Black Man, White City: 'It's Unnecessarily Stressful' On a map, Seattle is a blue dot – often described as liberal and tolerant. But it’s not always comfortable for black men who say they experience racial profiling and discrimination. Tonya Mosley
Race & Identity Black In Seattle: 'Perceptions May Be Different Than Reality' What is the black experience in Seattle? Tonya Mosley
Race & Identity Busing Blues: When Seattle Sent Black Kids To White North End From 1978, when the busing program started, to 1999, when it was shelved, minorities carried the burden of busing, piling onto buses from the South End and the Central Area that were headed for predominantly white schools in the North End. Tonya Mosley
Race & Identity 'Where Are The Black People?' Struggling To Stay Connected What is it like to be black in the fifth whitest major city in America? It’s not an easy question to answer. Seattle’s black population hovers around 8 percent, with more leaving every year. Tonya Mosley
Race & Identity Aaron Dixon: Co-founder of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party Aaron Dixon co-founded the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968. It was one of the first to form outside of California. KUOW Staff
