In Black America
Kanalaren Xehetasunak
In Black America
IBA profiles a diverse selection of current and historically significant figures whose stories help illuminate life in Black America.
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Dr. Blair LM Kelley (Ep. 13, 2026 re-broadcast)
On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with Dr. Blair LM Kelley, a noted scholar of...
A Tribute to Earl G. Graves, Sr. (Ep. 12, 2026 re-broadcast)
On this episode of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Earl Graves, Sr., entrepreneur, publisher, p...
Robert C. Maynard (Ep. 11, 2026 re-broadcast)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson presents an interview recorded in 1985 with Robert C. Maynard, a newspaper journalis...
A Tribute to Alex Haley (Ep. 10, 2026 re-broadcast)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson pays tribute to the life and career of legendary biographer, screenwriter and novelist...
Ralph McDaniels (Ep. 09, 2026 re-broadcast)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with pioneering music video director, DJ and VJ Ralph McDaniels, who in 19...
Jeffery L. Williams (Ep. 08, 2026 re-broadcast)
On this episode of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson speaks with Jeffery Lorenzo Williams, real estate broker, creator of the shoe an...
A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ep. 07, 2026)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 97th a...
Chuck Bishop (Ep. 06, 2026 re-broadcast)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with Chuck Bishop, Senior Vice President and Head of Dive...
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 A...
Phillip Washington, Jr. (Ep. 04, 2026)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the wealth gap between White and Black Americans with Phillip Washingto...
Katrina Montgomery (Ep. 03, 2026)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Katrina Montgomery, the new Chief Financial Officer of the Austin Ind...
Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (Ep. 02, 2026 re-broadcast)
On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L, Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the lives of the late Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, one o...
Shirley A. Chisholm (Ep. 01, 2025 re-broadcast)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents an interview recorded in 1982 with the late Shirley A. Chisholm, the for...
Denise Nicholas, pt. 2 (Ep. 52, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Denise Nicholas, veteran actress, writer, activis...
Denise Nicholas, pt.1 (Ep. 51, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Denise Nicholas, veteran actress, writer, activist and...
Jocelyn Robinson (Ep. 50, 2025 re-broadcast)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson Jr. presents a previously aired conversation with Joceyn Robinson, founding Director o...
Vanessa P. Daniel (Ep. 49, 2025 re-broadcast)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a previously aired conversation (Ep. 25) with Vanessa P. Daniel, social...
Jordan E. Cooper (Ep. 48, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Jordan E. Cooper, Tony Award-nominated actor, playwright, producer an...
Wylin D. Wilson (Ep. 47, 2025)
On this episode of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the failure of mainstream bioethics to include the perpectives of...
M. Quentin Williams (Ep.46, 2025)
On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses police and community relations with M. Quentin Williams, attorney...
Fran Harris, pt. 2 (Ep. 45, 2025)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Fran Harris, former WNBA Champion, member of Pa...
Fran Harris, pt. 1 (Ep. 44, 2025)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents the first part of a conversation with Fran Harris, Fran Harris, former...
Marion E. Orr (Ep. 43, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Marion E. Orr, political scientist, professor of Public Policy and Po...
National Urban League State of Black America (Ep. 42, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a panel discussion from the 49th edition of the National Urban League’s...
Marc Morial (Ep. 41, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents an interview with Marc H. Morial, president and CEO of the National Urba...
Dr. Bernard A. Harris (Ep. 40, 2025)
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Kemba Smith (Ep. 39, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with author and prison reform activist Kemba Smith, recor...
Jessica Norwood (Ep. 38, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with Jessica Norwood, financial activist, investor, socia...
Chanel Dupree (Ep. 37, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Chanel Dupree, founder of Artistic Laughter Productions and award-win...
T. Dallas Smith (Ep. 36, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with T. Dallas Smith, founder and CEO of T. Dallas Smith & Company, the la...
Kristen Gentry (Ep. 35, 2025)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Kristen Gentry, author of Mama Said, a collection of short stories...
Denita R. Conway, pt. 2 (Ep 34, 2025)
On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes a discussion of the challenges and opportunities for African Amer...
Denita R. Conway, pt. 1 (Ep. 33, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Denita R. Conway, founder and president of Proven Mana...
A Tribute to Earl Graves, Sr. (Ep. 32, 2025)
On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Earl Gilbert Graves Sr., pioneering A...
James “JB” Brown (Ep. 31, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a 2024 conversation with veteran journalist James Brown, host of NFL Tod...
Dr. Karida L. Brown (Ep. 30, 2025)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Dr. Karida L. Brown, professor of Sociology at Emory University, Or...
Dyana Williams (Ep. 29, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with Dyana Williams, radio and television personality, Na...
Marc Morial, pt. 2 (Ep. 28, 2025)
On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents the conclusion of remarks made by National Urban League President and...
Marc Morial, pt. 1 (Ep. 27, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents part one of a discussion with National Urban League president and CEO Ma...
Jocelyn Robinson (Ep. 26, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Jocelyn Robinson, founding Director of the Ohio-based HBCU Radio Pres...