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Sapelo | Growing Up Black

Two Black brothers are being given the chance to live, learn and play in a safe space.

Aired 04/07/2022 | Rating TV-PG

America ReFramed

Sapelo | Growing Up Black

Clip: Season 10 Episode 3 | 1m 6sVideo has Closed Captions

Two Black brothers are being given the chance to live, learn and play in a safe space.

Eleven-year-old JerMarkest and 10-year old Johnathan are brothers growing up on Sapelo. Home to the Saltwater Geechee people, the island, and their adoptive parents, are giving the brothers a chance to live, learn and play in a safe space.

Aired 04/07/2022 | Rating TV-PG

Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...

Sapelo | Black Brotherhood

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Two young Black brothers grow up together on the Georgia island of Sapelo (1m 27s)

Sapelo | Cornelia Walker Bailey

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Meet Cornelia Walker Bailey, who is preserving the heritage of the Saltwater Geechee. (1m 8s)

Sapelo | Preview

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Off the Georgia coast, two brothers grow up in an enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people. (30s)

Sapelo | Their Own Little World

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Welcome to Sapelo, the home and haven to the Saltwater Geechee people. (1m 50s)

Sapelo | Trailer

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Off the Georgia coast, two brothers grow up in an enclave of the Saltwater Geechee people. (1m 38s)

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Major funding for America ReFramed provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Wyncote Foundation, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding provided by Open Society Foundations,...

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