Mississippi

A Tribute to B.B. King (Ep. 42, 2022)

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Riley B. King, known to the world as B.B. King, one of the greatest blues guitarists of all time, detailing King’s beginnings in Mississippi and Memphis, to his award-winning career, which ended with his death in 2015.

Dr. Benjamin W. Nero, DMD (Ep. 27, 2018)

Producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Dr. Benjamin W. Nero, DMD, author of That’s The Way It Was: A Memoir.  Dr. Nero discusses his ground-breaking academic and professional career, and how community and family shaped the man he became.