From HBCU Classrooms to the Marvel Universe

The Breakfast Club

The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts

Comedy

4.4 • 14.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This episode is a major full-circle moment. Loren LoRosa hosts an exclusive virtual HBCU roundtable with Wonder Man star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and the conversation is equal parts inspiring, insightful, and real.

Broadcast journalism students from HBCUs across the country step into the spotlight to ask Yahya about joining the Marvel universe, bringing Simon Williams to life, and the emotional reality of chasing a dream in Hollywood. From insecurity and ambition to representation and staying true to yourself, Yahya opens up about the passion, doubt, and perseverance behind the superhero shine.

Loren also reflects on why this moment hits deeper for HBCU creatives and how Wonder Man is more than just another Marvel series — it’s a story about belief, purpose, and not giving up when the world hasn’t caught on to your greatness yet.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.9	1969, Malcolm and Martin are gone.
0:07.8	America is in crisis.
0:09.5	At a Morehouse college, the students make their move.
0:12.3	These students, including a young Samuel L. Jackson,
0:15.4	locked up the members of the board of trustees, including Martin Luther King's senior.
0:20.6	It's the true story of protests and rebellion in black American history that you'll never
0:24.9	forget.
0:25.9	I'm Hans Charles.
0:26.9	I'm Mena Lake Lemoombo.
0:28.1	Listen to the A building on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:33.5	podcasts.
0:34.7	When segregation was a law, one mysterious black club owner, Charlie Fitzgerald, had his own
0:40.2	rules.
0:41.2	Segregation and the day integration at night.
0:44.3	It was like stepping on another world.
0:46.7	Was he a businessman?
0:48.1	A criminal.
0:49.6	A hero.
0:50.8	Charlie was an example of power.
0:53.8	They had to crush him.
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