

In Black America
KUT & KUTX Studios, John L. Hanson
IBA profiles a diverse selection of current and historically significant figures whose stories help illuminate life in Black America.
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May 11, 2025 • 0sec
Carlton Dixon, pt. 2 (Ep. 24, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Carlton Dixon, former star high school and collegiate basketball player, high school basketball coach and athletic director, and founder and CEO of Reveal Suits, a custom clothier offering officially-licensed special event suits and blazers for male and female athletes.
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May 4, 2025 • 29min
Carlton Dixon, pt. 1 (Ep. 23, 2025)
On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Carlton Dixon, former star high school and collegiate basketball player, high school basketball coach and athletic director, and founder and CEO of Reveal Suits, a custom clothier offering officially-licensed suits and blazers for male and female athletes.
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Apr 27, 2025 • 0sec
Wiley P. Davis, Jt. (Ep. 22, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Wiley P. Davis, Jr., retired educator, educational and sports consultant, and author of The Flight of a Thousand Songbirds: A Family’s Courage Leads to a New Life, a Detroit family’s journey of determination, heartbreak and triumph during The Great Migration.
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Apr 20, 2025 • 0sec
Dr. Louis Moore, pt. 2 (Ep. 21, 2025)
On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Dr. Louis Moore, professor of History at Grand Valley State University and author of The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback.
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Apr 13, 2025 • 29min
Dr. Louis Moore, pt. 1 (Ep. 20, 2025)
On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a conversation with Dr. Louis Moore, professor of History at Grand Valley State University and author of The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback.
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Apr 6, 2025 • 29min
Super Bowl LIX (Ep. 19, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents highlights from Super Bowl 59, featuring highlights, interviews and commentary from Super Bowl Week in New Orleans, Louisiana, featuring quarterbacks Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Xavier Worthy, and Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley.
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Mar 30, 2025 • 0sec
Ralph McDaniels (Ep. 18, 2025)
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 1983 created Studio 31 Dance Party, a television program presenting recordings of music performances that evolved into the long-running music video program Video Music Box.
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Mar 23, 2025 • 0sec
Mike Jackson, pt. 2 (Ep. 17, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Mike Jackson, Emmy and Tony Award-winning film, theater and television producer, host of the new podcast Why Not Me? and co-founder and managing partner with John Legend of Get Lifted Film Co., developing projects for major networks including ABC, NBC, HBO, Netflix and FX.
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Mar 17, 2025 • 30min
Mike Jackson, pt. 1 (Ep. 16, 2025)
On this edition of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson begins a conversation with Mike Jackson, Emmy and Tony Award-winning film, theater and television producer, co-founder and managing partner with John Legend of Get Lifted Film Co., and host of the new podcast Why Not Me?
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Mar 9, 2025 • 31min
Michelle Adams, pt. 2 (Ep. 15, 2025)
This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. concludes his conversation with Michelle Adams, Professor of Law at The University of Michigan Law School, and author of Containment: Detroit, The Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North, discussing the epic social and legal struggle to integrate Detroit public schools in 1970, almost two decades after Brown v. Board of Education.
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