This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Denise Nicholas, veteran actress, writer, activist and author of Finding Home: A Memoir, discussing her six-decade film and television career, her participation in the Civil Rights Movement, and her memoir.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson Jr. presents a previously aired conversation with Joceyn Robinson, founding Director of the Ohio-based HBCU Preservation Project and Director of the Center for Radio Preservation and Archives at WSYO, whose mission is to preserve the rich history of radio stations affiliated with historically Black colleges and universities.

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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 justice activist and organizer, and author of Unrig The Game: What Women Of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning, offering on-the-ground perspective on the obstacles community, union and electoral activist leaders face.

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This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Jordan E. Cooper, Tony Award-nominated actor, playwright, producer and director, and founder of Cookout Entertainment, discussing Cooper’s many accomplishments as well as the anticipated opening of his stage production Oh Happy Day!, in which he plays a leading role as actor, writer and director.

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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 African American women, and the resultant disparities in health outcomes, with Wylin D. Wilson, Associate Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity School and author of Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spirituality, and Black Women’s Health.

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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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