A Family Man

Name: A Family Man
Genre: Documentary, Family
Released: 2012-06-07T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 3 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Samuel Black, Edda Fields-Black

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.