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February 14, 2022

Jeremiah Flowers (Ep. 11, 2022)

By: David Alvarez

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses entrepreneurism, money management, and business tax with Jeremiah Flowers, a self-described “tax nerd,” financial coach, and tax advisor, and originator of a new television series, The Enterpriser.


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July 5, 2021

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

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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June 27, 2021

Javon Johnson (Ep. 30, 2021)

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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June 27, 2021

Javon Johnson (Ep. 30, 2021)

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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June 20, 2021

Mary Wilson (Ep. 29, 2021)

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 […]

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June 13, 2021

Angela Lewis (Ep. 28, 2021)

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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June 6, 2021

Dr. Aaron Horne, MD. (Ep. 27, 2021)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the factors  resulting in the disproportionate numbers of African Americans with heart disease, and current efforts to overcome those disparities with Dr. Aaron Horne, MD.,  and interventional cardiologist and heart care specialist in North Richland Hill, Texas.

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May 30, 2021

Ya’Ke Smith (Ep. 26, 2021)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the current Black media renaissance and African American cultural influence with Ya’Ke Smith, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Associate Professor of Film at the University of Texas at Austin.

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May 23, 2021

Lavaille Lavette (Ep. 25, 2021)

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the rich history and cultural importance of Ebony Magazine with Lavaille Lavette, President and publisher of Ebony Magazine Publishing and author of Ebony: Covering Black America.

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