In Black America

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William F. “Bill” Williams (Ep. 16, 2026 re-broadcast) Mar 15, 2026

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On this episode of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. remembers the late William F. “Bill” Williams, the pioneering philanthropic co-founder of Glory Foods, Inc. in 1989, developing the concept of producing and distributing food products targeting African American consumers and promoting the growth of ethnic food distribution. Williams died December 27, 2001.

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Dr. Tameka Gillum (Ep. 15, 2026 re-broadcast) Mar 08, 2026

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a 2024 conversation with Dr. Tameka Gillum, Associate Professor of Community Health in the College of Population Health at the University of New Mexico, and author of a study examining the multilevel societal factors that contribute to disparities in gun violence in African American communities. The full transcript of…

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Michelle Adams (Ep. 14, 2026 re-broadcast) Mar 01, 2026

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with Michelle Adams, law professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and author of Containment: Detroit, The Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North, which tells the epic story of the struggle to integrate Detroit public schools in the 1970s. The full transcript of this…

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Dr. Blair LM Kelley (Ep. 13, 2026 re-broadcast) Feb 22, 2026

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On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with Dr. Blair LM Kelley, a noted scholar of Black History and the African American experience, Director of the Center for the Study of the American South and The National Humanities Center, and award-winning author of Black Folk: The Roots of the Black Working Class.

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A Tribute to Earl G. Graves, Sr. (Ep. 12, 2026 re-broadcast) Feb 15, 2026

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On this episode of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Earl Graves, Sr., entrepreneur, publisher, philanthropist and advocate of African American businesses, who founded Black Enterprise Magazine in 1970. He died April 8, 2020, at the age of 85. The full transcript of this episode of In Black America is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website.

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Robert C. Maynard (Ep. 11, 2026 re-broadcast) Feb 08, 2026

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On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson presents an interview recorded in 1985 with Robert C. Maynard, a newspaper journalist and editor who became the first African American owner of a major daily newspaper, The Oakland Tribune. Maynard was also a co-founder of The Institute For Journalism Education, a non-profit whose aim was to expand opportunities for minority…

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A Tribute to Alex Haley (Ep. 10, 2026 re-broadcast) Feb 01, 2026

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson pays tribute to the life and career of legendary biographer, screenwriter and novelist Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with an interview recorded in February 1988. Alex Haley died in February 1992. The full transcript of this…

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Ralph McDaniels (Ep. 09, 2026 re-broadcast) Jan 25, 2026

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with pioneering music video director, DJ and VJ Ralph McDaniels, who in 1983 created Studio 31 Dance Party, a television program presenting recordings of music performances that evolved into the long-running music video program he created and co-hosts, Video Music Box. The full transcript of this episode of In Black…

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Jeffery L. Williams (Ep. 08, 2026 re-broadcast) Jan 18, 2026

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On this episode of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson speaks with Jeffery Lorenzo Williams, real estate broker, creator of the shoe and fashion brand JLORENZO, and author of My Feet Are Off The Ground: Turning Tragedy Into Triumph, the inspirational story of his journey from suffering permanent paralysis from an accidental shooting to acceptance, autonomy, forgiveness and awakening…

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A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ep. 07, 2026) Jan 11, 2026

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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. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 97th anniversary of his birth, featuring commentary by the Reverend Jesse Jackson, the Honorable Andrew Young, and former President Barack Obama, as well as excerpts from Dr. King’s address at the 1963 March on Washington and his Letter From a Birmingham…

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