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February 10, 2024

A Tribute to Earl Graves, Sr. (Ep. 11, 2024)

By: John L. Hanson

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Earl Graves, Sr., entrepreneur, publisher, and advocate of African American businesses, who founded Black Enterprise Magazine in 1970. He died in April, 2020, at the age of 85.


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June 17, 2018

Dr. Benjamin W. Nero, DMD (Ep. 28, 2018)

Producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes a conversation with Dr. Benjamin W. Nero, DMD, author of That’s The Way It Was: A Memoir.  Dr. Nero discusses his ground-breaking academic and professional career, his forty-five years as an orthodontist, and the positive influence of community and family.

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June 10, 2018

Dr. Benjamin W. Nero, DMD (Ep. 27, 2018)

Producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Dr. Benjamin W. Nero, DMD, author of That’s The Way It Was: A Memoir.  Dr. Nero discusses his ground-breaking academic and professional career, and how community and family shaped the man he became.

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June 3, 2018

Mike Haynes (Ep. 26, 2018)

This week, In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Mike Haynes, Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback and prostate cancer survivor, about his 14-season NFL career, his battle with cancer, and the Know Your Stats Campaign.

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May 27, 2018

The Honorable Greg Mathis (Ep. 25, 2018)

On this week’s program, In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson speaks with The Honorable Greg Mathis, former Superior Court Judge for Michigan’s 36th District Court, known as “the judge of second chances,” and host of the long-running reality TV program The Judge Mathis Show.

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May 20, 2018

Joseph Rosenbloom, pt. 2 (Ep. 24, 2018)

This week, In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes a conversation with Joseph Rosenbloom, author of Redemption: Martin Luther King’s Last 31 Hours, about the local and national events and circumstances that led to Dr. King’s assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

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May 13, 2018

Joseph Rosenbloom, pt. 1 (Ep. 23, 2018)

This week, In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Joseph Rosenbloom, author of Redemption: Martin Luther King’s Last 31 Hours, about the events and circumstances that led to Dr. King’s assassination in Memphis on April 4, 1968.

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May 6, 2018

Dr. Haile T. Debas (Ep. 22, 2018)

On this week’s program, In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson Jr. speaks with Dr. Haile T. Debas, MD., Director Emeritus of California Global Health Institute, about his distinguished career as a physician, researcher, teacher and academic leader.

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April 29, 2018

Loren Walton (Ep. 21, 2018)

This week, In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with Loren Walton, a promising young classical ballet dancer from Austin, Texas, regarding his aspirations and his experience of being a male African American ballet artist.

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