This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents Part Two of a tribute to the late John R. Lewis, Civil Rights icon, advocate for social justice and equality, and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Georgia’s Fifth Congressional District from 1987 until his death in 1987.
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Tim Todd (Ep. 51, 2020)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the history of African American-owned financial institutions with Tim Todd, Executive Writer and Historian with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and author of Let Us Put Our Money Together: The Founding Of America’s First Black Banks.
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.
The Summit on Race in America, pt. 2 (Ep. 30, 2019)
On this week’s program, In Black America producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes a discussion with James “Jimmy Jam” Harris, Shemekiah Copeland, and Wyclef Jean at The Summit on Race in America: Liberty and Justice for All, held this Spring at the LBJ Presidential Library, on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin.
A Tribute to the Late John Hope Franklin (Ep. 02, 2016)
In Black America presents a 2004 conversation with the late John Hope Franklin, distinguished scholar historian, professor, Presidential Medal of Honor recipient, and author of “From Slavery to Freedom.”
Steven Moss and Richard Paul, pt. 2 (Ep. 23, 2015)
In Black America’s John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes a conversation with Steven Moss and Richard Paul, co-authors of “We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program.”