This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a 1998 interview with the late Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, the renowned and distinguished stage and film actors who were also influential civil rights activists.
Episodes
October 13, 2015
African Americans and Media with Dr. Darrell M. Newton, PhD. (Ep. 44, 2015)
A discussion of the presentation of African Americans in media and on TV, and the role of black media in informing and representing African Americans, with Dr. Darrell E. Newton, Associate Dean and professor in the Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University.
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October 6, 2015
Journalist and Novelist Reshonda Tate Billingsley (Ep. 43, 2015)
Award-winning journalist and author and University of Texas graduate Reshonda Tate Billingsley talks about her writing career and her boutique publishing company, Brown Girls Publishing.
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September 29, 2015
Slavery and American Capitalism with Dr. Edward E. Baptist (Ep. 42, 2015)
A discussion of the history and the economic and cultural legacy of slavery in America with Dr. Edward E. Baptist, Associate Professor of History at Cornell University and author of “The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and The Making of American Capitalism.
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September 22, 2015
The Honorable Ron Kirk, Pt. 2 (Ep. 41, 2015)
The conclusion of a conversation with the Honorable Ron Kirk, former Dallas Mayor and U.S. Trade Ambassador, and Senior of Counsel in the Dallas and Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.
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September 13, 2015
The Honorable Ron Kirk, Pt. 1 (Ep. 40, 2015)
Part One of a conversation with the Honorable Ron Kirk, former Dallas Mayor, U.S. Trade Ambassador and Texas Secretary of State, and Senior of Counsel in the Dallas and Washington, D.C. offices of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher.
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September 6, 2015
George T “Mickey” Leland (Ep. 39, 2015)
A 1981 conversation with the late Honorable George T. “Mickey” Leland, former U.S. Representative from Texas who died in a 1989 plane crash while on a humanitarian mission in Africa.
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August 30, 2015
Robert C. Maynard (Ep. 38, 2015)
A 1985 conversation with the late Robert C. Maynard, a dynamic journalist, newspaper publisher and editor, former owner of the Oakland Tribune, and co-founder of The Institute for Journalism Education.
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August 23, 2015
Dr. Edward D. Irons (Ep. 37, 2015)
A conversation with Dr. Edward D. Irons, noted university educator, business, government and educational executive, management and financial consultant, and author of “Only By Grace,” a memoir.
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