Though they came from different worlds, the lives of Sakia Gunn and of lead reporter Jenna Flanagan intersected in meaningful ways. By exploring the history of Newark and contextualizing her own Blackness, Jenna gains a deeper understanding of who Sakia was 20 years ago.

This is the third episode of "After Broad and Market," a co-production of LWC Studios and Chasing the Dream, a public media initiative from The WNET Group.

Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America is a multiplatform public media initiative from The WNET Group in New York reporting on poverty, justice, and economic opportunity, and showcasing promising solutions. The initiative's goal is to better inform using facts that go beyond personal biases, media narratives, and presumptions about the American Dream.

Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation with additional funding from Sue and Edgar Wachenheim, III.

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