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In Black America is a long-running, nationally-syndicated program dedicated to all facets of the African-American experience. Host John L. Hanson profiles a diverse selection of current and historically significant figures whose stories help illuminate life in Black America.

The National Urban League ‘State of Black America� Report

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The National Urban League Conference held their annual ‘State of Black America� report in Cleveland in July, 2025.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents highlight of the National Urban League ‘State of Black America� report with Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, cofounder and executive director, The African American Policy Forum; Maya Wiley, president/CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; and Melanie Campbell, president/CEO, National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.

In the 49th edition of the State of Black America, the report issues a clear and urgent warning: Our democracy, civil rights, and hard-won progress are under attack. The report does not simply document these threats. It highlights the growing resistance. Across courtrooms, classrooms, boardrooms, and statehouses, a new generation of leaders is rising to defend our rights and reimagine an inclusive future.

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John L. Hanson is the producer and host of the nationally syndicated radio series In Black America. It’s heard on home station KUT at 10 p.m. Tuesdays and 6:30 a.m. Sundays � and weekly on close to 20 stations across the country. The weekly podcast of IBA, the only nationally broadcast Black-oriented public affairs radio program, is one of KUT’s most popular podcasts.
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