On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. discusses police and community relations with M. Quentin Williams, attorney, author, founder and CEO of Dedication to Community, chairman and CEO of Williams Media and Marketing Group, LLC, former FBI agent and Federal Prosecutor, and former NFL and NBA executive.

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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 Pan American, Jones Cup and FIBA World Championship teams with USA Basketball, captain and leading scorer for the undefeated 1986 National Championship team at the University of Texas, and recipient of the University of Texas at Austin 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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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 WNBA Champion, captain and leading scorer for the undefeated 1986 National Championship team at the University of Texas, color commentator and basketball analyst for Dallas Wings local television broadcasts, and recipient of the University of Texas at Austin 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

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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 Political Science and Urban Studies at Brown University, and author of House of Diggs: The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Consequential Black Congressman, Charles C. Diggs, Jr. Diggs was the first African American to represent Michigan in the U.S. Congress, and a driving force behind the formation of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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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 “State of Black America” report, moderated by award-winning journalist Ed Gordon and featuring Kimberle W. Crenshaw of the African American Policy Forum, Maya Wiley of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Melanie Campbell from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.

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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 Urban League, and exerpts from Morial’s address at the opening session of this year’s National Urban League Conference as he delivered a call to action in response to current threats to civil rights, democracy and economic equity.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with author and prison reform activist Kemba Smith, recorded in 2008, discussing her involvement with a crack cocaine dealer, her resulting six-year incarceration and Presidential pardon, and her current work as a criminal justice reform activist.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with Jessica Norwood, financial activist, investor, social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Runway Project, and author of Believe-In-You Money, discussing the obstacles facing African Americans seeking to build wealth through entrepreneurism and investment, and ways to improve their relationship with finance.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Chanel Dupree, founder of Artistic Laughter Productions and award-winning screenwriter, producer and director of You Think You Grown? Dismantling Adultification, a documentary film highlighting racial and gender stereotypes and the role they play in the societal perception of African American girls.

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