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Neighbors watching over Tallahassee's Southside are working to erase the dividing line

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Railroad tracks divide Florida State University and Florida A&M University. The campuses sit about a mile and a half apart.

The tracks remain a symbolic separation between FSU, a largely white university, and FAMU, a historically Black university. But, efforts are underway to change that.

In our first episode, we hear from Southside residents who are working to erase the dividing line.

Gina Jordan is the host of Morning Edition for WFSU News. Gina is a Tallahassee native and graduate of Florida State University. She spent 15 years working in news/talk and country radio in Orlando before becoming a reporter and All Things Considered host for WFSU in 2008. Follow Gina: @hearyourthought on Twitter. Click below for Gina's full bio.