A discussion of successful, innovative education with Dr. Steve Perry, founder and principal of one of the top schools in America, Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut.
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August 31, 2020
Leslie “Les” Payne (Ep. 39, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. remembers the late Leslie “Les” Payne, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and former Associate Managing Editor of Newsday. Payne, whose reporting, editing and leadership helped bring Newsday national and international prominence, died in March, 2018 at the age of 76.
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August 23, 2020
Dr. Rebecca Etz and Christine Bechtel (Ep. 38, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses racism and its impact on public health with Dr. Rebecca S. Etz, PhD., Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Population Health at Virginia Commonwealth University and Co-Director of the Larry A. Green Center, and Christine Bechtel, patient advocate and co-founder of […]
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August 17, 2020
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Dyana Williams, a veteran radio and television personality, music industry professional, member of the Board of Directors of the National Museum of African American Music, and co-originator and co-founder of Black Music Month.
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August 10, 2020
A Tribute to Earl G. Graves, Sr. (Ep. 36, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a 2001 interview with Earl G. Graves, Sr., an entrepreneur, publisher, and philanthropist who died April 6, 2020. Graves was the founder of Black Enterprise, a media company focused on black entrepreneurship and black businesses.
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August 4, 2020
Dan C. Goldberg (Ep. 35, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson discusses the history of African Americans in U.S. Armed Services with Dan C. Goldberg, a health-care reporter with Politico, and author of The Golden 13: How Black Men Won The Right To Wear Navy Gold.
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July 26, 2020
Dr. Steve Perry (Ep. 34, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the debate over how to combat racial inequalities in America’s public school system, with Dr. Steve Perry, noted educator, motivational speaker, and founder and head of the Capital Prep Schools. Announcer [00:00:15] From the University of Texas at Austin, KUT Radio, […]
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July 19, 2020
Michael Meyerson (Ep. 33, 2020)
On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Michael Meyerson, the DLA Piper Professor of Law and Director of the Fannie Angelos Program For Academic Excellence at the University of Baltimore School of Law. The Fannie Angelos Program assists law students from Maryland’s historically Black colleges […]
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July 12, 2020
Erika Rickard and Michael Meyerson (Ep. 32, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses rising unemployment and the subsequent rise in personal debt amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and how African American consumers can protect themselves, with Erika Rickard, Director of Civil Legal Modernization at The Pew Charitable Trusts. Also, a preview of next week’s program, […]
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