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A Tribute to Shirley A. Chisholm (Ep. 5, 2024)

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a 1982 interview with the late Shirley A. Chisholm, a former Congresswoman from New York’s 12 Congressional District who in 1968 became the first African American woman elected to Congress, and, in 1972, the first major-party African American candidate for President of the United States.

A Tribute to Lena Horne (Ep. 11, 2023)

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Lena Horne, the legendary actress, singer, dancer and Civil Rights activist whose career in theatre, film, television and activism spanned seven decades until her death in 2010.

Lena Horne (Ep. 10, 2022)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Lena Horne, the legendary dancer, actress, singer and Civil Rights activist whose career spanned over 70 years, who died in  2010.

Shaundell Newsome (Ep. 45, 2020)

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Shaundelle Robinson, United States Air Force and Operation Desert Storm veteran, and the founder and visionary behind Sumnu Marketing, a two-time Small Business Association Award winner.

Robert C. Maynard (Ep. 50, 2018)

Producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents an interview recorded in 1985 with the late Robert C. Maynard, the charismatic, dynamic and award-winning journalist, columnist, newspaper publisher and editor, and former owner of the Oakland Tribune newspaper. Maynard died in 1993.