'HANDS UP!' Seven playwrights, Seven Testaments

How Portland’s black community and police are sharing their stories through theater

 
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Portland, Oregon, has a troubling history of racial discrimination and tensions between police and African American communities. But now, a theater company is attempting to change the city’s racial ecology through the arts -- and perhaps create a model for how communities can bridge the divide over other culturally fraught issues. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-portlands-black-community-and-police-are-sharing-their-stories-through-theater

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