In Black America

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late John Hope Franklin, a native of Oklahoma and alumnus of Fisk University and Harvard, and the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History and Professor of Legal History at Duke University Law School. The post The Late John Hope Franklin (Ep. 5, 2022) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses current issues in digital communication ((and ways to address them) with Sam George, media consultant and author of I’ll Get Back to You: The Dyscommunication Crisis. The post Sam George (Ep. 4. 2022) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson concludes his conversation with Chef Liz Rogers of Creamalicious Ice Creams, and also speaks with acclaimed actor, television personality and philanthropist Terrence J about a new program showcasing the impact and importance of the HBCU experience. The post Terrence J and Chef Liz Rogers, pt. 2 (Ep. 3, 2022) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Chef Liz Rogers, the founder, President and Executive Chef of Creamalicious Ice Creams, the only African American -owned national ice cream brand currently in production. The post Chef Liz Rogers (Ep. 2, 2022) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a 1998 interview with the late Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, the renowned and distinguished stage and film actors who were also influential civil rights activists. The post Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee (Ep. 1, 2022) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to Shirley A. Chisholm, the late Congresswoman from New York’s 12th Congressional District, the first African America woman elected to Congress, a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the first major party African American candidate for President […] The post Shirley A. Chisholm (Ep. 52, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Dr. Kate Clifford Larson, award-winning historian, consultant and Harriet Tubman scholar, and author of Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer. The post Dr. Kate Clifford Larson (Ep. 51, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Ida Byrd-Hill founder and CEO of Detroit-based Automation Workz, a higher education cybersecurity bootcamp, whose goal is to educate and train people of color for high-paying jobs in the cybersecurity industry. The post Ida Byrd-Hill (Ep. 50, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Gary Revel, former Special Investigator with the 1977 House Select Committee on Assassinations focusing on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, and author of To Live, or Maybe Not: A Gary Revel Memoir. The post Gary Revel (Ep. 49, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Shjeryll Cashin, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice at Georgetown University and author of White Space, Black ‘Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality. The post Professor Sheryll Cashin (Ep. 48. 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Dr. Candice W. Jones, MD. and FAAP board certified physician practicing as a general pediatrician in Orlando, Florida and author of High 5 Discipline: Positive Parenting for Happy, Healthy, Well-Behaved Kids. The post Dr. Candice W. Jones, MD. (Ep. 47, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Derrick L. Miles, founder and CEO of CourMed, an enterprise software company that facilitates the innovative concierge delivery of healthcare products and services, backed by Microsoft and Google. The post Derrick L. Miles (Ep. 46, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Mark Christopher Lawrence, veteran actor and comedian with two high-profile projects: the Emmy-nominated daytime series Stacks, and the Tyler Perry series All The Queen’s Men. The post Mark Christopher Lawrence (Ep. 45, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the African American struggle for power and influence in the corporate world with Will Shelton, founder and CEO of Wil Power Integrated Marketing and author of The Silent Agreement: An Illusion of Inclusion in Black Corporate America. The post Wil Shelton (Ep. 44, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Ericka Nicole Malone, a multi-talented actress, director-producer, filmmaker and CEO of Ericka Nicole Malone Entertainment about her educational and theatrical career, and her current project, Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story. The post Ericka Nicole Malone (Ep. 43, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the lasting impact of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre on incomes and home ownership in the Tulsa African American community with Charlene P. Corley, Vice President of Diverse Insights and Partnershipsat the Nielsen Company. The post Charlene P. Corley (Ep. 42, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Greg A. Francis, civil rights attorney and author of Just Harvest: The Story of How Black Farmers Won the Largest Civil Rights Case against the U.S. Government. The post Greg A. Francis, pt. 2 (Ep 41, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition one In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Greg A. Francis, the attorney whose work on behalf of African American farmers is chronicled in his book, Just Harvest: The Story of How Black Farmers Won the Largest Civil Rights Case against the U.S. Government. The post Greg A. Francis, pt. 1 (Ep. 40, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Haile Thomas, author of Living Lively: 80 Plant-Based Recipes to Activate Your Power and Feed Your Potential, about her work as a health, nutrition and self-improvement activist and author. The post Haile Thomas (Ep. 39, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Reggie Williams, former NFL linebacker, college Hall of Fame, Cincinnati City Council Member and co-author of Resilient by Nature: Reflections from a Life of Winning On and Off the Field, about his remarkable life journey. The post Reggie Williams (Ep. 38, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Isis Brantley, a Dallas-based African hair braiding expert and entrepreneur who successfully fought the State of Texas’s bureaucratic restrictions on natural hair braiding, making hair braiding services and instruction available to thousands of African American women in Texas. The post Isis Brantley (Ep. 37, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute tot the late Honorable George T. “Mickey” Leland, former U.S. Representative from Houston, Texas and former Chairman of the House Hunger Committee, who died August 7, 1989 in a plane crash in Ethiopia while on a famine relief mission. The post George T. “Mickey” Leland (Ep. 36, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the current state of the NFL with columnist and author JARRETT BELL, who has covered the National Football League for USA Sports Today since 1993, and been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee since 1997.   The post Jarrett Bell (Ep. 35, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the tragedy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre as documented by Tulsa survivor Mary E. Jones Parrish in The Nation Must Awake, with Anneliese M. Bruner, Parrish’s great-granddaughter and author of the book’s Afterword. The post Anneliese M. Bruner (Ep. 34, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 with Dr. Karlos K. Hill, PhD., associate professor and chair of the Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma and author of The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History. The post Dr. Karlos K. Hill, PhD. (EP. 33, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Reverend Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, a distinguished minister, educator and author of three books. Dr. Proctor served as president of two universities. He died in June, 1997, at the age of 75. The post The Late Dr. Samuel D. Proctor (Ep. 32, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. examines the historical precedent of U.S. Presidents manipulating the Supreme Court with attorney Rawn James, Jr., former Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, and author of The Truman Court: Law and the Limits of Loyalty. The post Rawn James, Jr. (Ep. 31, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with actor, playwright and producer Javon Johnson about his career, his starring role in Tyler Perry’s Black Entertainment Television series, The Oval, and his founding of the Bear Fruit Conservatory.   The post Javon Johnson (Ep. 30, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson speaks with renowned actor, playwright and producer Javon Johnson about his distinguished career in the performing arts and his current role in Tyler Perry’s The Oval, airing on Black Entertainment Television. The post Javon Johnson (Ep. 30, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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 […] The post Mary Wilson (Ep. 29, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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. The post Angela Lewis (Ep. 28, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the factors resulting in the disproportionate numbers of African Americans with heart disease, and current efforts to overcome those disparities with Dr. Aaron Horne, MD., and interventional cardiologist and heart care specialist in North Richland Hill, Texas. The post Dr. Aaron Horne, MD. (Ep. 27, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the current Black media renaissance and African American cultural influence with Ya’Ke Smith, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Associate Professor of Film at the University of Texas at Austin. The post Ya’Ke Smith (Ep. 26, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the rich history and cultural importance of Ebony Magazine with Lavaille Lavette, President and publisher of Ebony Magazine Publishing and author of Ebony: Covering Black America. The post Lavaille Lavette (Ep. 25, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram, educator, social historian, community activist, and author Dear Kamala: Women Write to The New Vice President. She is also a co-founder of the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc. […] The post Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram (Ep. 24, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram, educator, social historian, community activist, and author Dear Kamala: Women Write to The New Vice President. She is also a co-founder of the Uncrowned Queens Institute for Research and Education on Women, Inc. The post Dr. Peggy Brooks-Bertram, pt.1 (Ep. 23, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s In Black America program, producer and host John L. Hanson speaks with Austin-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mobley, aka Anthony Watkins II, about his recent release, Young and Dying in the Occident Supreme. The post Mobley (Ep. 22, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.: Civil Rights icon, former President and CEO of the National Urban League, and former Executive Director of The United Negro College Fund, with highlights of his address at the Summit on Race […] The post Vernon Jordan (Ep. 21, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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 […] The post Judge Rebekah Coleman (Ep. 20, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses wellness issues and health literacy among African Americans with Michelle Green Rhodes, CEO of Michelle Rhodes Media LLC in Tampa, Florida. Ms. Rhodes is a four-time author and Editor-in-Chief of The Color of Wellness magazine, which launched in January, 2021. The post Michelle Green Rhodes (Ep. 19, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron, the legendary Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and long-time Home Run King, and former Negro Leagues baseball player, who passed away January 22, 2021. The post Hank Aaron (Ep. 18. 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with University of Florida law professor Shani M. King, and author of Have I Told You Black Lives Matter. Dr, King is also Director of The Center on Children and Families and Associate Director of The Center on Race and Race […] The post Shani M. King (Ep. 17, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a 2005 conversation with Matt Dobkin, author of I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You, Aretha Franklin: Respect, And The Making Of A Soul Masterpiece. The post Matt Dobkin (Ep. 16, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s In Black America program, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Pastor Richard Hartley of Haven International Ministries in Queens, New York, in-demand vocal and choir coach, and star of the USA Network reality program “The Rev.” The post Richard Hartley (Ep. 15, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Bishop Rance Allen, legendary Gospel recording artist and founder of the long-running influential and innovative Range Allen Gospel Group. Rance Allen died October 31, 2020, at the age of 71. The post Rance Allen (Ep. 14, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the physical and psychological toll on African Americans’ daily lives as a result of systemic racism with Mary-Frances Winters, founder and president of The Winters Group, Inc. and author of Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit. The post Mary-Frances Winters (Ep. 13, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. examines the continuing impact of the Malcolm X’s legacy on American history with Tamara Payne, co-author, with her father, Les Payne, of The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, a deeply nuanced portrait of the man, his mission, and his […] The post Tamara Payne (Ep. 12, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses the economic power and influence of the African American community the economy and pop culture, an across industries and digital platforms with Cheryl Grace, Senior Vice President of Consumer Insights and Engagement with the Nielsen Corporation. The post Cheryl Grace (Ep. 11, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Larry “Lak” Henderson, known as The Hip Hop Educator and founder and CEO of Smart Music Entertainment, along with legendary rapper Capone, who have recently collaborated on a new brand called SmartThug, which uses hip hop as an educational tool. The post Larry “Lak” Henderson and Capone (Ep. 10, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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. The post Bishop Wayne T. Jackson (Ep. 9, 2021) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.