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ϳԹ News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony took a reporting trip to the small southeastern Missouri city of Sikeston and heard a mention of its hidden past. That led her on a multiyear reporting journey to explore the connections between a 1942 lynching and a 2020 police killing there — and what they say about the nation’s silencing of racial trauma. Along the way, she learned about her own family’s history with such trauma.
This formed the multimedia “Silence in Sikeston” project from ϳԹ News, Retro Report, and WORLD as told through a documentary film, educational videos, digital articles, and a limited-series podcast. Hear about Anthony’s journey and join this conversation about the toll of racialized violence on our health and our communities.
Explore more of the “Silence in Sikeston”p:
LISTEN: The limited-series podcast is available on , , , , or wherever you get your podcasts.
WATCH: The documentary film “Silence in Sikeston,” a co-production of ϳԹ News and , is now available to stream on , , and the .
READ: ϳԹ News Midwest correspondent Cara Anthony wrote an essay about what her reporting for this project helped her learn about her own family’s hidden past.
Every family has secrets. I spent the past few years reporting about racial violence in Sikeston, Missouri. Interviewing Black families there helped me uncover my family’s traumatic past, too.
