Search for Missing Persons (radio program)

CTL-E-1275 · Practice · other · 1938–1949

Verified evidence grade of this record

A 1938 Jack L. Cooper radio program on WSBC dedicated to reuniting Black listeners with family members separated by migration, incarceration, or economic hardship.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-005; source research type(s): practice.

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Record CTL-E-1275 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: LIFE-001.
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Cite as: CultureTechLens, “Search for Missing Persons (radio program) (CTL-E-1275),” October 4, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-e-1275/

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