
The interview was broadcast in the wake of the suicide of Don Cornelius, who is characterized in a New York Times story as the person "who brought black music and culture into America’s living rooms when he created the dance show 'Soul Train.'”
HLN-TV reporter Richelle Carey says her hope is that this interview will help "break the silence and the shame that comes with such a tragedy," and points out that suicide is the third-leading cause of death among black men age 15-24. Barnes, whose son Marc died by suicide in 1990 (learn about the history of NOPCAS), addresses the culture of silence surrounding suicide