The Black Perspective: May 4, 2025

This week on the Black Perspective, Gracie Award-winning anchor Esther Dillard speaks with NBA legend Alonzo Mourning and American Kidney Fund President Laverne Addison Burton about raising awareness for kidney disease in the Black community.

Andrea Coleman previews her sit-down with Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, for an important conversation on advocacy and equity.

Alexandria Ikomoni catches up with actor Devale Ellis—star of BET’s Sistas and Zatima—and his wife Khadeen Ellis to talk marriage, family, and building their hit podcast together.

Mimi Brown shares a preview of a bonus episode from her powerful new podcast To Altadena, With Love, revisiting the real stories of Black survivors impacted by the Altadena wildfires.

And Doug Davis returns with another installment of Your Black Business, featuring a Black tech entrepreneur whose rideshare app is breaking barriers—despite ongoing challenges securing the capital needed to scale.

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