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In The Know with Tony Reeves

Hosted by former attorney and Judge Tony Reeves, this podcast delivers sharp insights, commentary, and real talk on law, leadership, public service, and the Black Gen X experience. Whether you’re navigating bureaucracy, seeking inspiration, or craving honest reflections from someone who’s lived it, ‘In The Know with Tony Reeves’ offers the wisdom and wit to keep you informed—and empowerBecome a supporter of this podcast:

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26:50

When the Club No Longer Fits — Becoming a Young Black...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/11/18

When you turn 21, the club feels like arrival. It’s the symbol of adulthood, freedom, identity, and validation. But at some point, the music, the crowd, and the performance stop aligning with who you’re becoming — and that’s where the real journey starts. In this episode, Anthony Reeves, Esq. breaks down the unspoken transition many young Black professionals experience: evolving beyond nightlife culture, entering academic and professional environments, searching for culturally aligned peers, and

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17:57

The confusing part of Racism for Black Gen X: ...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/11/14

In this episode, I break down one of the most overlooked realities of growing up Black as a member of Generation X — the confusing part of racism. Not because racism itself is confusing, but because the presentation of racism changed between our parents’ world and ours.Our parents and grandparents grew up with laws, signs, institutions, and culture that made second-class citizenship undeniable. They didn’t have to guess if racism was present — it announced itself.But Black Gen X came of age in a

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22:40

NOW YOU KNOW: The Untold Burden of Gen X — Racism,...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/11/11

This 20-minute audio reflection pulls back the curtain on my IN THE KNOW video “Sign of the Times.” I share personal insights about the realities Gen X faced growing up between parents divided by the Jim Crow experience. For many White Gen Xers, that meant dealing with relatives whose biases still lingered. For Black Gen Xers, it meant hearing stories of survival and injustice at the dinner table. In this behind-the-scenes conversation, I talk about how those family histories shaped our generation’s

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13:33

Sign of the Times: What Black and White Gen X Learned...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/11/10

In this episode, I take a hard look at what we mean when we say something was just a “sign of the times.” For generations, that phrase has been used to excuse racism, discrimination, and hate — as if time alone could justify injustice. As a member of Black Generation X, I reflect on growing up surrounded by family members who lived through segregation, the Klan, and systemic racism — yet often stayed silent about it. But there’s another side to this story: many White Gen Xers were raised by people

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11:20

The First Time I heard the N-word: A Black Gen X...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/11/07

For many of us in the Black Gen X generation, the N-word wasn’t something we were supposed to hear anymore. We were told that the world had changed—that the battles of our parents and grandparents had been fought and won. But all it took was one word to remind us that the past was never really gone.In this episode, I share a deeply personal story—the first time I heard the N-word directed at me and my mother—and what that moment revealed about the illusion of equality so many of us were raised to

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13:36

Living History: When the Past Still Lives Among Us

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/11/04

Have you ever walked past a building and felt its history?For many of us in Black Gen X, we live among reminders of what our parents and grandparents endured. The homes, parks, schools, and even restaurants we move through every day are living witnesses to segregation, struggle, and change. In this episode, I reflect on how the past is still present — not in history books, but in the physical spaces that surround us. From a Mississippi plantation home to the parks of Pine Bluff, from the old

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10:54

Kindergarten Is Where It Began for Black Gen X: The...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/30

In this episode, Tony Reeves reflects on how a simple kindergarten classroom in 1974 became the backdrop for one of the most profound social transformations in American history.Born in 1969 and starting school just two decades after Brown v. Board of Education, Tony shares what it was like to begin his education during the final waves of school desegregation in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. What felt like an ordinary start to childhood was actually a quiet revolution — where innocence and integration met

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11:36

A Whole New World for Black Gen X: Born Between Hope...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/28

In this episode of IN THE KNOW with Anthony Reeves, we take a deep look at what it meant to be Black Generation X — the first generation to grow up in a multicultural America while still carrying the emotional weight of segregation, loss, and social transformation. Anthony reflects on how his generation was shaped by the trauma and triumphs of their parents and grandparents — from the assassinations of the 1960s and the Civil Rights victories that followed, to the modern echoes of George Floyd’s

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10:06

Lessons from the Past: Why Black Travelers still...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/24

(00:00:00) Lessons from the Past: Why Black Travelers still move differently(00:00:08) Intro: Moving Differently for a Reason (00:00:32) The Myth That Time Erases Danger (00:02:00) The Generational Warning System (00:03:37) From Emmett Till to Interstate 10 (00:05:51) It’s not about fear. It’s about Focus (00:07:29) Closing: Blueprints, not baggage For many of us in Black Gen X, travel has never been just about the destination — it’s about survival through awareness. In this episode, I explore

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18:25

The 80-Mile Hitchhike: When Freedom Met Foolishness...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/21

In 1987, I was just 18 — a college freshman at the University of Tampa and a brand-new Army Reservist trying to earn a $4,000 bonus. What should’ve been a routine weekend drill turned into one of the wildest, most dangerous journeys of my life. No car. No money. No phone. Just a uniform, a highway, and the belief that I could walk 80 miles from Orlando back to Tampa — because, at that age, I thought I was invincible. In this episode, I share how that long, dark walk down I-4 became a defining lesson

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10:58

The Grand Dragon Warning: Traveling While Black Gen X...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/16

In 2008, I had just started my own law firm in Central Florida and was commuting daily through the quiet backroads of Polk County. One day, a young woman in my mentor’s office pulled me aside and said, “Be careful driving through that town — the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan lives there.” That moment stopped me cold. Not because I feared what might happen, but because it revealed something deeper — that even decades after Jim Crow, the echoes of history still shape how we move through certain

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12:00

Pulled Over at Night: A Young Black Officer’s Lesson...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/13

In 1996, I was a 27-year-old Black naval officer stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. One late night, I was driving home from Jacksonville along a dark, two-lane rural road — no lights, no traffic, just me and the sound of my tires against the pavement.Then I saw it — headlights, brake lights, and the unmistakable turn of a police cruiser making a U-turn behind me. In that moment, every image I had ever seen of how quickly things could go wrong for someone who looked like me came rushing to

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14:57

When the Laws Changed but the People Didn’t: The Gen...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/10

In this episode, Tony Reeves takes listeners beyond the viral video “Beware of the Klan County” to unpack what it truly meant for Black Generation X to grow up after the fall of legal segregation. The Civil Rights victories of the 1950s and 1960s—Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, and the Fair Housing Act—changed the laws. But they didn’t immediately change the people. Tony explores how Gen X became the first generation to live without Jim Crow, yet still under

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7:01

Be Careful of the Klan County What a Quiet Warning in...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/07

In 1995, I arrived in Jacksonville, North Carolina — a young, proud Black naval officer reporting for duty at Camp Lejeune. Like anyone new to a duty station, I was trying to find my way — where to live, where to eat, and how to adjust. But within weeks, I received a warning I’ll never forget. A senior non-commissioned officer pulled me aside and said: “If you’re driving, make sure you drive the speed limit through that county.” At first, I thought he was talking about speed traps — until he told me

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12:14

Commentary on the Comments: Black Gen X and the...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/04

In this special Commentary on the Comments episode of IN THE KNOW with Tony Reeves, I’m responding to a viewer who asked a simple but powerful question:“Why do you keep talking about Black Generation X?” My answer goes far beyond nostalgia. Black Gen X stands at the crossroads of history — the first generation to grow up in a legally desegregated world but still carry the weight of institutional racism’s shadow. In this reflection, I explore how history remembers other generations through defining

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8:32

When Welcome Turns to Unwelcome: A Black Gen X...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/10/03

At 7 years old, I thought I found the perfect friend. We played, laughed, and shared childhood joy—until one day, he told me we couldn’t play anymore because I was Black. That moment of rejection was my first real encounter with how quickly a welcoming space could become unwelcome. In this episode, I reflect on the innocence lost that day and how it shaped my understanding of race, belonging, and adaptation as a Black Gen Xer. From childhood confusion to adult perspective, I explore what it meant to

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6:54

Did We Get It Right? Generation X, Racism, and...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/09/30

In this episode, I reflect on what it meant to be a Black Gen Xer navigating college life, cultural misunderstandings, and the loneliness of being “the only one” in spaces where I didn’t always feel welcome. From being told that HBCUs weren’t “the real world,” to living four years as the only Black student on my dorm floor, I share the raw lessons and coping strategies that my generation had to invent on the fly.We didn’t always get it right—but we tried. Gen X carried the burden of learning to

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8:50

My First Encounter with Racism: A Childhood Story in...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/09/26

In this episode, I share my very first experience of being exposed to racism as a child growing up in the rural South during the 1970s. At just eight years old, an innocent invitation to play on a trampoline turned into a painful lesson about exclusion, bigotry, and the way prejudice is passed down through generations.But this story is also about courage. When I was told I wasn’t welcome, one Cub Scout Den Mother stood up for me, making it clear that if I wasn’t accepted, none of the kids would be a

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14:06

Traveling While Black & Gen X: Surviving the Road...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/09/23

What was it like to hit the road in the late ’80s and early ’90s without cell phones, GPS, or streaming music? In this episode, I take you back to my days as a Black Gen Xer making 14-hour road trips from Pine Bluff, Arkansas to Tampa, Florida. From glovebox maps and pay phones to dodging sundown towns and planning gas stops, traveling was more than just getting from point A to point B — it was survival. I share the strategies, the risks, and the independence that defined an entire generation of

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6:26

Black Gen X at the Crossroads: Living Between Two...

In The Know with Tony Reeves ·

2025/09/19

In this episode, I reflect on the unique reality of being part of Black Gen X—caught between two worlds that often felt at odds. Our parents, mostly Baby Boomers, grew up under segregation and faced open hostility, while we were the first generation to come of age in a fully desegregated society. I share my story of growing up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas—a majority-Black town in a majority-White state—where I saw both the nurturing support of Black communities and the subtle hostilities that lingered

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