In Black America

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George T. “Mickey” Leland (Ep. 36, 2021) Aug 08, 2021

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute tot the late Honorable George T. “Mickey” Leland, former U.S. Representative from Houston, Texas and former Chairman of the House Hunger Committee, who died August 7, 1989 in a plane crash in Ethiopia while on a famine relief mission.

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Jarrett Bell (Ep. 35, 2021) Aug 02, 2021

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the current state of the NFL with columnist and author JARRETT BELL, who has covered the National Football League for USA Sports Today since 1993, and been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee since 1997. …

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Anneliese M. Bruner (Ep. 34, 2021) Jul 25, 2021

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In this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the tragedy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as documented by Tulsa survivor Mary E. Jones Parrish in The Nation Must Awake, with Anneliese M. Bruner, Parrish’s great-granddaughter and author of the book’s Afterword.

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Dr. Karlos K. Hill, PhD. (EP. 33, 2021) Jul 18, 2021

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 with Dr. Karlos K. Hill, PhD., associate professor and chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma and author of The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History.

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The Late Dr. Samuel D. Proctor (Ep. 32, 2021) Jul 11, 2021

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Reverend Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, a distinguished minister, educator and author of three books. Dr. Proctor served as president of two universities. He died in June, 1997, at the age of 75.

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Rawn James, Jr. (Ep. 31, 2021) Jul 05, 2021

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On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. examines the historical precedent of U.S. Presidents manipulating the Supreme Court with attorney Rawn James, Jr., former Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and author of The Truman Court: Law and the Limits of Loyalty.

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Javon Johnson (Ep. 30, 2021) Jun 27, 2021

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On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with actor, playwright and producer Javon Johnson about his career, his starring role in Tyler Perry’s Black Entertainment Television series, The Oval, and his founding of the Bear Fruit Conservatory. …

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Javon Johnson (Ep. 30, 2021) Jun 27, 2021

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson speaks with renowned actor, playwright and producer Javon Johnson about his distinguished career in the performing arts and his current role in Tyler Perry’s The Oval, airing on Black Entertainment Television.

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Mary Wilson (Ep. 29, 2021) Jun 20, 2021

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, and member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with an interview conducted during the 2019 Summit on Race in America at the LBJ Library on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.

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Angela Lewis (Ep. 28, 2021) Jun 13, 2021

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with actress Angela Lewis, co-star of Snowfall, the popular TV crime drama series created by the late Academy Award-nominated writer and director John Singleton, which explores the crack cocaine epidemic in 1080’s Los Angeles.

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