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In Black America
In Black America
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.

A Tribute To Alex P. Haley

KUT 90.5 | By John L. Hanson Jr.
Published February 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM CST
The late Alexander Murray Palmer Haley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book Roots: The Saga of an America Family.
The late Alexander Murray Palmer Haley is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the book Roots: The Saga of an America Family.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. presents a tribute to the late Alexander Murray Palmer Haley, recorded in February 1988. Haley’s quest to learn more about his family history resulted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Roots: The Saga of an America Family.

Haley talks about researching the stories he heard from his grandmother, life in the U.S Coast Guard writing the autobiography of Malcolm X and the TV mini-series Roots.

Haley died on February 10, 1992, in Seattle, WA. He was 70.

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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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