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The National Urban League discussion with four African American mayors - Part II

KUT 90.5 | By John L. Hanson Jr.
Published November 1, 2023 at 12:35 PM CDT
In Black America

A photo of mayors Brandon Johnson, Sylvester Turner, Karen Bass, and Eric Adams during a panel. They are all sitting on stools with microphones in hand while on stage.
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Mayors Brandon Johnson, Sylvester Turner, Karen Bass, and Eric Adams spoke at the National Urban League Conference earlier this year in Houston.

On this edition of In Black America, producer/host John L. Hanson Jr. concludes highlights from a conversation between the African American mayors of the nation’s four largest cities and National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Moral.

Mayors Sylvester Turner of Houston, Eric Adams of New York City, Karen Bass of Los Angeles and Brandon Johnson of Chicago discussed media coverage of African American men, homelessness, crime and their management approach.
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John L. Hanson Jr.
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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