A Fulbright Scholar to Ghana, John Fountain's podcast features reflections, stories and commentary in his journey during to the West African nation where he is teaching journalism at the University of Ghana, and working on a research project titled, "Africa Calling: Portraits of African-Americans Drawn To The Motherland"

Follow his journey at: www.hearafricacalling.com

Email: Author@johnwfountain.com

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Chicago Sun-Times columnist John W. Fountain, a guest on WVON Talk of Chicago with Host Perri Small. April 2,2020
Subject: Spirituality and the Media, the COVID Pandemic & the Church
Fountain, the grandson of a Pentecostal pastor grew up in the Church of God In Christ.

Perri Talks With John Fountain

Award-winning columnist John W. Fountain offers his thoughts on "The Sin  of My Skin," the repercussions of which black men in America face daily. Fountain writes: "I cannot rest. Cannot write. Cannot carry on today, unless I pause to say: “Why the hell did those cops treat George Floyd that way?”

The Sin of My Skin

Over two semesters, journalism students at Roosevelt University conducted a working investigative reporting project on the unsolved strangulation murders of at least 51 Chicago women over two decades. More than three-quarters of these women are African American, according to the Murder Accountability Project, a nonprofit research organization based in Alexandria, Virginia. Professor John W. Fountain and students talk about their project early on with hosts of the Chicago Popo Report on WLS: Private Investigator, Paul Ciolino and Lupe Aguirre, a police officer and private attorney.

www.unforgotten51.com