Apr 2, 2021
Recognizing triumph after survival, Ep. 119 of Real Black News features writer and executive producer Jenny Lumet, who discusses everything from her legendary family and grandmother Lena Horne to Black families on TV and how her trauma that came with pointing a finger at a mogul and surviving sexual assault inspired the vision when writing her CBS TV show, Clarice (15:36). While therapist Camille Banks-Lee of CBL Psychotherapy shares tips to cope and manage all types of trauma (49:43). Other topics include Virginia abolishing the death penalty, the Jersey non-profit teaching the hood emergency first aid, the superhero teen in Florida, muMs, Kenny Armwood, and more of the top five empowering Black news stories of the week.