This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to Shirley A. Chisholm, the late Congresswoman from New York’s 12th Congressional District, the first African America woman elected to Congress, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the first major party African American candidate for President of the United States.
Democratic Party
John Lewis, pt. 2 (Ep. 44, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes a tribute to the Congressman and Civil Rights leader, John Robert Lewis, who represented Georgia’s 5th Congressional District from 1987 until his death on July 17, 2020. The interview was recorded during Congressman Lewis’s visit to the University of Texas at Austin in the Spring of 2020.