In Black America

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A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ep. 07, 2025) Jan 12, 2025

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 96th anniversary of his birth, featuring commentary by Coretta Scott King, the Honorable Andrew Young, and former President Barack Obama, as well as excerpts from Dr. King’s address at the 1963 March on Washington.

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Chuck Bishop (Ep. 06, 2025) Jan 05, 2025

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On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Chuck Bishop, Senior Vice President and Head of Diverse Segments at Wells Fargo Home Lending, who drew inspiration from his mother’s lack of home ownership opportunities to create pathways to home ownership and financial freedom for people of color and individuals with low to moderate incomes.

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A Tribute to the Late John Hope Franklin (Ep. 05, 2025) Dec 29, 2024

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Dr. John Hope Franklin, a native of Oklahoma, longtime professor and Professor Emeritus at Duke University as well as Fisk University and Howard University, and prolific scholar of African American history who profoundly influenced thinking about slavery and Reconstruction. Dr.

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Destin G. Bell, pt. 2 (Ep. 04, 2025) Dec 22, 2024

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson concludes his conversation with Destin George Bell, co-founder and CEO of Card.io, a gamified fitness app that turns outdoor cardio exercise into a community-based game of team turf war that gained credibility and investors after a successful featured appearance on the ABC-TV show Shark Tank.

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Destin G. Bell (Ep. 03, 2025) Dec 16, 2024

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson begins a conversation with Destin George Bell, co-founder and CEO of Card.io, a gamified movement app that turns outdoor cardio exercise into a community-based game of team turf war that gained credibility and investors after a successful featured appearance on the ABC-TV show Shark Tank.

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Chanel Dupree (Ep. 02, 2025) Dec 09, 2024

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Chanel Dupree, an award-winning screenwriter and director, whose recent documentary, You Think You Grown: Dismantling Adultification, which addresses issues of racial and gender stereotypes, specifically the societal perception of African American girls sexually and physically mature beyond their years.

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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (Ep. 01, 2025) Dec 01, 2024

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On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L, Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the lives of the late Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, one of the most revered couples of the American stage and screen, whose careers spanned six decades and were distinguished for their work as actors and as activists. The interview was conducted in 1998, upon publication of their autobiography…

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A Tribute to Shirley Chisholm (Ep. 52, 2024) Nov 24, 2024

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents an interview recorded in 1982 with the late Shirley A. Chisholm, the former Congresswoman from New York’s 12th Congressional District, the first African America woman elected to Congress, and the first major-party African American candidate for President of the United States. The full transcript of this episode of In…

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King Hollis and Lindell Singleton (Ep. 51, 2024) Nov 17, 2024

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On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with King Hollis and Lindell Singleton, co-directors, writers and producers of Quakertown, USA, a film about a thriving black settlement originally called Freedman Town, in North Texas, which was eliminated by malevolent political and economic forces in 1921. The full transcript of this episode of In Black America is…

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T. Dallas Smith (Ep. 50, 2024) Nov 10, 2024

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with T. Dallas Smith, founder and CEO of T. Dallas Smith & Company, the largest African American-owned pure tenant representation commercial real estate country in America, with a focus on mentoring young African Americans in the commercial real estate industry. The full transcript of this episode of In Black America is…

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