13WHAM News and WXXI participated in the July 17 walking tour along Joseph Avenue in Rochester. Channel 13 interviewed Ebony McLarty, a 2014 MCC graduate who helped create a
https://www.facebook.com/RochesterRiotsMCC Facebook page for the MCC Rochester Neighborhood Oral History Project in 2013-14.
Click link for video and article: https://13wham.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/walkers-learn-race-riots-13997.shtml
On July 24, the 50th anniversary of the Rochester race riots, WXXI is scheduled to air an interview with Verdis Robinson, MCC instructor of history and African-American studies, on various programs:
-- AM 1370 radio morning / afternoon news
-- Need to Know Rochester television news program
-- Connections with Evan Dawson radio news program.
Need to Know Rochester is broadcast at 8 p.m. Thursdays and repeats at 11:30 a.m. Sundays on WXXI-TV and on City 12.
Connections plans to broadcast the segment from 12:30 to 1 p.m. on WXXI-AM 1370.
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