Kemba Smith (Ep. 39, 2025)

from In Black America · host John L. Hanson

This week on In Black America, producer and host John L. Hanson, Jr. presents a conversation with author and prison reform activist Kemba Smith, recorded in 2008, discussing her involvement with a crack cocaine dealer, her resulting six-year incarceration and Presidential pardon, and her current work as a criminal justice reform activist.

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