In 1955, John L. Black, Sr. started his job as a janitor for the Cincinnati public school system. He regularly put in 16-hour days to provide for his wife and eleven children. At StoryCorps, his son Samuel talks with his wife, Edda Fields-Black, about his father’s lasting legacy and the power of a look.
A Family Man is of 0 hour(s) and 3 minute(s). It is Produced By: StoryCorps, House of Hassle, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was released on 2012-06-07.
Genres: DocumentaryFamily
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