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May 7, 2023

Ebonie Smith (Ep. 23, 2023)

By: John L. Hanson

On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Ebonie Smith, award-winning music producer, audio engineer, singer-songwriter, and founder and President of Gender Amplified, Inc., an organization that celebrates and supports the next generation women working in the music industry.


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December 10, 2023

Nathaniel Glover, pt. 2 (Ep. 02, 2024)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Nathaniel Glover, the first African American elected Sheriff in Jacksonville, Florida since the end of Reconstruction, a former Jacksonville police officer with a distinguished career, and the author of Striving For Justice: A Black Sheriff In The Deep […]

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December 3, 2023

Nathaniel Glover, pt. 1 (Ep. 01, 2024)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Nathaniel glover, the first African American elected Sheriff in Jacksonville, Florida since the end of Reconstruction, a former president of Edward Waters College, and the author of Striving For Justice: A Black Sheriff In The Deep South.

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November 26, 2023

Ying McGuire (Ep. 52, 2023)

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Ying McGuire, President and CEO of The National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc., and influential growth engine for systematically excluded minority-owned businesses seeking upward market mobility.

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November 19, 2023

Michael Phillips (Ep. 51, 2023)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Michael Phillips, Chief Operating Officer of social impact holding company T.D. Jakes Enterprises, discussing the Good Soil Movement, a new national initiative aimed at cultivating a new generation of diverse business leaders.

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November 12, 2023

Tammie Lang Campbell (Ep. 50, 2023)

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Tammi Lang Campbell, founder and Executive Director of The Honey Brown Hope Foundation, a nationally recognized, award-winning 501 (C)3 non-profit that supports civil rights and diversity, and which has advocated and supported the case for justice and freedom for Texas […]

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November 5, 2023

Jessica Taylor (Ep. 49, 2023)

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Ezra Coffee founder and CEO Jessica Taylor, a former educator and Diversion and Inclusion strategist, as well as reality TV show cast member, who incorporates her passion for storytelling, and the celebration of African American culture and history in the […]

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October 31, 2023

Four African American Mayors, pt. 2 (Ep. 48, 2023)

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents additional highlights from the 2023 National Urban League Annual Conference in Houston, Texas, featuring comments from Mayors Sylvester Turner of Houston, Eric Adams of New York City, Karen Bass of Los Angeles, and Brandon Johnson of Chicago, hosted by Conference President […]

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October 22, 2023

Four African American Mayors, pt. 1 (Ep. 47, 2023)

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents highlights from the 2023 National Urban League Annual Conference in Houston, Texas, featuring comments from Mayors Sylvester Turner of Houston, Eric Adams of New York City, Karen Bass of Los Angeles, and Brandon Johnson of Chicago, hosted by Conference President and […]

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