In Black America

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Dr. Tommie Smith, pt. 2 (Ep. 1, 2023) Dec 04, 2022

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Olympian and Civil Rights activist Tommie Smith, co-author of Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist For Justice, discussing Dr. Smith’s athletic and academic career before and after Smith and John Carlos’s iconic protest at the 1968 Olympic Games.

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Dr. Tommie Smith (Ep. 52, 2022) Nov 28, 2022

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Dr. Tommie Smith, Olympic Champion, civil rights activist, and author of Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice, discussing the events preceding and following the historic silent protest by Dr. Smith and teammate John Carlos on the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics.

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Bernard Shaw (Ep. 51, 2022) Nov 20, 2022

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Bernard Shaw, a pioneering African American journalist and television news correspondent who anchored programs on CNN for two decades until his retirement in 2001. Shaw died in September 2022 at the age of 82.

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Paul Warfield & Al Jenkins (Ep. 50, 2022) Nov 13, 2022

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with NFL Hall of Famer Paul Warfield and also speaks with former NFL offensive lineman Al Jenkins, who played for the Cleveland Browns and the 1972 Champion Miami Dolphins…

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Paul Warfield (Ep. 49, 2022) Nov 07, 2022

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On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr, speaks with former NFL wide receiver and Hall of Famer Paul Warfield, about his thirteen year pro career, first with the Cleveland Browns alongside Jim Brown, and later with the the Miami Dolphins team that went undefeated in 1972.

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Field Generals (Ep. 48, 2022) Oct 31, 2022

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with former NFL quarterbacks James Harris, Doug Williams and Warren Moon, who, along with Randall Cunningham, Vince Evans and Jay Walker are known as The Field Generals and gathered during Super Bowl week in February to honor pioneering African American quarterbacks Willie Thrower and Marlin Briscoe.

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Kevin Merida, pt. 2 (Ep. 47, 2022) Oct 25, 2022

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Kevin Merida, Executive Editor of The Los Angeles Times since June 2021 after a career that has included tenures at ESPN and The Dallas Morning News.

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Kevin Merida, pt. 1 (Ep. 46, 2022) Oct 16, 2022

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with journalist Kevin Merida, a year into his tenure as Executive Editor of The Los Angeles Times, discussing issues of inclusion, diversity and equity and the role of media in race, sports and culture.

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Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams (Ep. 45, 2022) Oct 12, 2022

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On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams, a standup comedian, author, radio host, podcaster and actress from Atlanta whose popular, Emmy-nominated sitcom “The Ms. Pat Show” recently premiered its second season on BET.

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Tavis Smiley (Ep. 44, 2022) Oct 02, 2022

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On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson speaks with veteran media personality, author, philanthropist and radio station owner Tavis Smiley, about his recent return to the airwaves and his new venture, Talk Radio station KBLA 1580 AM, the only African American-owned talk station west of the Mississippi.

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