This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson presents at tribute to the life and career of legendary biographer, screenwriter and novelist Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with an interview recorded in February 1988. Alex Haley died in February 1992.

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On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Jessica Norwood, financial activist and investor, social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Runway Project, and author of Believe In You Money: What Would It Look Like If The Economy Loved Black People?, about her efforts to remove barriers to investment and entrepreneurism among African Americans.

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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 and fashion brand JLORENZO, and author of My Feet Are Off The Ground: Turning Tragedy Into Triumph, the story of his journey from suffering permanent paralysis from an accidental shooting to acceptance, autonomy, forgiveness and awakening.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 96th anniversary of his birth, featuring commentary by Coretta Scott King, the Honorable Andrew Young, and former President Barack Obama, as well as excerpts from Dr. King’s address at the 1963 March on Washington.

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On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Chuck Bishop, Senior Vice President and Head of Diverse Segments at Wells Fargo Home Lending, who drew inspiration from his mother’s lack of home ownership opportunities to create pathways to home ownership and financial freedom for people of color and individuals with low to moderate incomes.

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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.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson concludes his conversation with Destin George Bell, co-founder and CEO of Card.io, a gamified fitness app that turns outdoor cardio exercise into a community-based game of team turf war that gained credibility and investors after a successful featured appearance on the ABC-TV show Shark Tank.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson begins a conversation with Destin George Bell, co-founder and CEO of Card.io, a gamified movement app that turns outdoor cardio exercise into a community-based game of team turf war that gained credibility and investors after a successful featured appearance on the ABC-TV show Shark Tank.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Chanel Dupree, an award-winning screenwriter and director, whose recent documentary, You Think You Grown: Dismantling Adultification, which addresses issues of racial and gender stereotypes, specifically the societal perception of African American girls sexually and physically mature beyond their years.

The full transcript of this episode of In Black America is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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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 of the most revered couples of the American stage and screen, whose careers spanned six decades and were distinguished for their work as actors and as activists. The interview was conducted in 1998, upon publication of their autobiography, In This Life Together.

The full transcript of this episode of In Black America is available on the KUT & KUTX Studio website. The transcript is also available as subtitles or captions on some podcast apps.

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