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About April Ryan
White House Correspondent April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House – a position she has held since the Clinton era. On behalf of the American Urban Radio Networks, and through her “Fabric of America” news blog, she delivers her readership and listeners (millions of African Americans and close to 300 radio affiliates) a “unique urban and minority perspective in news.” Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her unusual insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation’s last three presidents. April is the author of the book, THE PRESIDENCY IN BLACK AND WHITE, and her next book, AT MAMA’S KNEE: MOTHERS AND RACE IN BLACK AND WHITE will be published early in 2017.