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March 30, 2025

Ralph McDaniels (Ep. 18, 2025)

By: John L. Hanson

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 Video Music Box.