Justice Thurgood Marshall

John Hope Franklin, Jr. (Ep. 05, 2026 re-broadcast)

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late John Hope Franklin, a noted scholar of African American history, whose career of more than 60 years in scholarship, teaching and advocacy included a distinguished professorship at Duke University, helping prepare the landmark Supreme Court case for Brown v. Board of Education, and marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama. Franklin died in March, 2009.

A Tribute to the Late John Hope Franklin (Ep. 05, 2025)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Dr. John Hope Franklin, a native of Oklahoma, longtime professor and Professor Emeritus at Duke University as well as Fisk University and Howard University, and prolific scholar of African American history who profoundly influenced thinking about slavery and Reconstruction. Dr. Franklin died in March 2009.

Benjamin Crump (Ep. 29, 2018)

On this week’s program, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Benjamin Crump, an nationally prominent Civil Rights attorney and advocate, representing clients in important and high-profile cases.In 2015, he became the 73rd president of the National Bar Association.