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VOICES: Mental Health and the Black Community

African Americans experience mental health issues in a number of ways yet only one in three Black adults who need mental health care receive it. In this edition of VOICES, we talk to Black Pittsburghers who share their lived stories of being Black, overcoming the stigma of mental health treatment and breaking barriers.

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Now 96, Ed Pherdehirt was one of a handful of people to witness the landmark 1945 trial.

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