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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Ron Simons, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and President and CEO of SimonSays Entertainment, about his experience as a pioneer in the effort to bring diversity to the stage, telling stories about African American history and culture.
October 15, 2023
Michelle Miller (Ep. 46, 2023)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Michelle Miller, award-winning journalist and co-host of CBS Saturday Morning and author of Belonging: A Daughter’s Search For Identity Through Loss And Love, which chronicles the story of her mother’s abandonment, and how her search for her family history helped her […]
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October 8, 2023
Judson W. Robinson III (Ep. 45, 2023)
On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents an address by Judson W. Robinson III, President and CEO of the Houston Area Urban League, at the 2023 National Urban League Conference in Houston, Texas, which brought together leaders from the business, government and social advocacy sectors this past […]
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October 1, 2023
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents an address by and a conversation with Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of The National Urban League at the historic Civil Rights organization’s National Conference, held this summer in Houston, Texas.
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September 24, 2023
Roland S. Martin (Ep. 43, 2023)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson speaks with Roland S. Martin, journalist, author, and Managing Editor of Roland Martin Unfiltered and founder of The Black Star Network. Speaking at the National Urban League Conference in Houston this July, Martin discusses his career, from print journalism, radio, CNN, The Black […]
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September 17, 2023
Dr. Carmen Fields, pt,2 (Ep. 42, 2023)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson concludes his conversation with Dr. Carmen Fields, Emmy-Award winning broadcast news journalist and author of Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band, which tells the story of Dr. Fields’ father, trombonist, pianist and bandleader Ernest (Ernie) Lawrence Fields.
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September 10, 2023
Dr. Carmen Fields, pt.1 (Ep. 41, 2023)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson begins a conversation with Dr. Carmen Fields, Emmy-Award winning broadcast news journalist and author of Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band, which tells the story of Dr. Fields’ father, trombonist, pianist and bandleader Ernest (Ernie) Lawrence Fields.
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September 3, 2023
Dr. Sarah Washington O’Neal Rush (Ep. 40, 2023)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Dr. Sarah Washington O’Neal Rush, author, educator, and great-granddaughter of former slave turned famous educator and founder of Tuskegee University and became on of the most influential African American leaders of the 19th and 20th centuries, Booker T. Washington.
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August 27, 2023
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Glynn Turman, Emmy and NAACP Award-winning actor, writer, director and producer, about his six-decade-long film, television and stage career, with landmark roles in A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway, various television programs, Cooley High, and now a documentary of […]
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