This segment from the May 18, 1986 episode of the series “Folks” features Sonya Masingale’s report on the gang problem in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She reports that the crime rate in Baton Rouge increased by 25% in 1985. Masingale’s report touches on the impact of high unemployment and drugs on the increase in gang membership. She interviews: State Representative Raymond Jetson; Detective Frank Paixo of the Baton Rouge Police Department; Collis Temple, Jr. of the Mayor’s Council on Youth Opportunity; Jimmy Nixon, George Horton, Greg Warner, Regmond Ridgely, and Keith Ridgley, participants in a program at the Eden Park Community Center to prevent teenagers from joining gangs; and Dr. Johnny Young, a psychologist. Host: Rob Hinton
This segment from the May 18, 1986, episode of the series “Folks” features Sonya Masingale’s report on osteoporosis, a degenerative bone disease that impacts one in four women over the age of 65. She interviews Dr. Peterman Prosser, an endocrinologist, who discusses the symptoms and treatment for osteoporosis. Host: Rob Hinton
This segment from the February 24, 1985, episode of the series “Folks” features a performance by Arfan Koyate and Penda Diabete, two popular musicians from Senegal in West Africa. Host: Rob Hinton