Young Black Male from You Didn’t See Nothin’

Yohance Lacour is writing plays and selling weed on the south side of Chicago in the 90's. When a young black boy from his neighborhood is attacked in "the wrong part of town" Yohance knows he must respond not just with words, but action.

Sensitive listeners should know that this story references a racist hate crime and contains racist language.

You Didn’t See Nothin’ is a production of the Invisible Institute and USG Audio.

The podcast is written and reported by Yohance Lacour with Bill Healy, Dana Brozostkelleher, Erisa Apantaku and Sarah Geis.

Sound design, mixing, and music supervision by Steven Jackson and Phil Dmochowski at the Audio Non-Visual Company. Original music by Taka Yasuzawa and Alex Sugiura.

Executive produced by Alison Flowers and Jamie Kalven for the Invisible Institute, and Josh Bloch for USG Audio. Production support by Jennifer Sears. Fact-checking by Angely Mercado.

Archival audio used in this episode is from C-Span, CBS Evening News, NPR, MSNBC, NBC News, WBEZ, Dateline, CNN, WTTW, Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Youtube, CBS Chicago, The Today Show, WMag, and Conus.

Listen to the rest of You Didn't See Nothin’ wherever you get your podcasts or at usgaudio.com

Season 14 - Episode 29