In Black America

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. begins a 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. The post Michelle Adams, pt. 1 (Ep. 14. 2025) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this week’s In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. speaks with Phillip Washington, Jr., founder and CEO of Stone Hill Wealth Management, discussing the rising popularity of Bitcoin among African Americans as an alternative to traditional finance: a means of building wealth without banks or governments controlling its supply. The post Phillip Washington, Jr. (Ep. 13, 2025) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a tribute to pioneering journalist the late Robert C. Maynard, newspaper publisher, editor and former owner of the Oakland Tribune newspaper, the first African American to own a major daily newspaper, with an interview recorded in 1985. Maynard died in August 1993. The post Robert C. Maynard (Ep. 12, 2025) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

On this episode of In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents an interview with American Basketball Association and National Basketball Association legend, Olympic gold medalist, and trailblazer Spencer Haywood, recorded in 2015 on the occasion of his induction into the NBA Hall of Fame. The post Spencer Haywood (Ep. 11, 2025) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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. The post A Tribute to Alex Haley (Ep. 10, 2025) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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. The post Jessica Norwood (Ep. 09, 2025) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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. The post Jeffery L. Williams (Ep. 08, 2025) 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 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. The post A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ep. 07, 2025) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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. The post Chuck Bishop (Ep. 06, 2025) 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 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. The post A Tribute to the Late John Hope Franklin (Ep. 05, 2025) appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.