This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late minister and legendary Gospel singer Bishop Rance Allen, founder of the Rance Allen Group, with an interview recorded in 2016. Rance Allen died October 31, 2020, at the age of 71.
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A Tribute to Mary Wilson (Ep. 10, 2024)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Mary Wilson, a co-founder of the legendary Supremes, featuring an interview with and public comments by Wilson, recorded in 2019 during The Summit on Race in America at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jeanette Abraham, pt. 1 (Ep. 37, 2023)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Jeanette Abraham, founder, president and CEO of JMA Global, LLC, a 100% minority and female-owned company that Ms. Abraham has developed, over the past twenty years, into a multi-million dollar Tier One Detroit automobile manufacturing supplier.
Ken Coleman (Ep. 27, 2023)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the history of the legendary jazz nightclub Baker’s Keyboard Lounge and its role in the cultural and economic resurgence of Detroit, with historian Ken Coleman, Special Projects Contributor at the The Michigan Advance.
Jeanette Abraham, pt. 2 (Ep. 31, 2022)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Jeanette Abraham, founder, President and CEO of JMA Global, LLC, a 100% minority and female-owned company providing supply-chain and logistical services to the automotive industry since 2001.
Jeanette Abraham, pt. 1 (Ep. 30, 2022)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Jeanette Abraham, founder, President and CEO of JMA Global, LLC, a 100% minority and female-owned company, providing supply-chain and logistical services to the automotive industry since 2001.
Tribute to Ron Banks (Ep. 23, 2022)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. pays tribute to his old friend and Detroit music legend the late Ron Banks, a founding member of the vocal group The Dramatics, which formed in the mid-1960s and continued to record and perform for several decades.
Jewel Tankard (Ep. 14, 2022)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the importance off women controlling their own finances with Jewel Tankard, founder and CEO of The Millionairess Club, economist-turned-financial powerhouse, and author of The Mind of a Millionairess.
Mary Wilson (Ep. 29, 2021)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Mary Wilson, a founding member of The Supremes, and member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with an interview conducted during the 2019 Summit on Race in America at the LBJ Library on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
Angela Lewis (Ep. 28, 2021)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with actress Angela Lewis, co-star of Snowfall, the popular TV crime drama series created by the late Academy Award-nominated writer and director John Singleton, which explores the crack cocaine epidemic in 1080’s Los Angeles.
Judge Rebekah Coleman (Ep. 20, 2021)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with The Honorable Rebekah Coleman, the recently elected Judge in the state of Michigan’s 32A District serving Harper Woods, Michigan. She is the first female magistrate to hold the position, and the first African American judge elected in Harper Wood’s 69-year history.
Bishop Wayne T. Jackson (Ep. 9, 2021)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, co-founder and CEO of The Impact Network, the world’s largest independent African American faith-based television network, as the network celebrates ten years of programming for African American and multicultural audiences.
Ron Simons, pt. 2 (Ep. 2, 2021)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Ron Simons, Tony Award-winning Broadway producer and President and CEO of SimonSays Entertainment, about his efforts to bring diversity to the stage, telling stories about African American history and culture.
Ron Simons, pt. 1 (Ep. 1, 2021)
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.
Ed Gordon (Ep. 42, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Emmy Award-winning television journalist Ed Gordon, a news anchor and interview program host on BET, CBS, NBC, NPR and MSNBC. He is the author of Conversations in Black: On Power, Politics and Leadership.
A Tribute to Ron Banks (Ep. 23, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to his old “marble-shooting’ buddy”, the late Ron Banks. He was a founding member of the legendary soul and R&B vocal group from Detroit, The Dramatics. Ron Banks passed away in 2010.
Duke Fakir and Mary Wilson (Ep. 42, 2019)
On this week’s edition of In Black America, John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Motown legends Abdul “Duke” Fakir, a founding member of The Four Tops, and Mary Wilson, a founding member of the Supremes. Both were participants in The Summit on Race in America this Spring, at the University of Texas at Austin.
Claudette A. Robinson (Ep. 41, 2019)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Claudette A. Robinson, a founding member of Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and a recent participant in The Summit On Race In America, at the LBJ Presidential Library at the University of Texas at Austin.
Kimmie Horne (Ep. 16, 2019)
On this week’s program, In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Kimmie Horne, international Jazz vocalist and recording artist, actress, spokesperson and model. Ms. Horne is the founder of the Kimmie Horne Jazz Festival in Detroit.
Frank Washington, pt. 1 (Ep. 2, 2019)
In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation about the history and future of the automobile industry with Frank Washington, Managing Partner and Editor of About That Car-Dot-Com, a website that features columns and features on all manner of automotive matters.