Be sure to catch TVOne’s Roland Martin Thursday February 2nd at Zion Baptist Church for a black history community lecture. The event is free and open to the public. Martin will talk about ‘the importance and impact of leveraging the Black vote to elect public officials who support the issues of the Black Community.’ […]
1/2/17- Roland Martin talks to Chicago Sun Times columnist Mary Mitchell about the violence in Chicago and the newest statistics that labels the city as the deadliest in America. “Part of the problem is the lack of jobs and opportunity. Chicago is a very segregated city. There is also no organized gangs. Drug dealing is the business […]
12/19/16- Roland Martin talks to Rev. Dr. William J. Barber about North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signing a bill that will impede his Democratic successor, Roy Cooper’s power. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
12/14/16- Roland Martin talks to NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown about his meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump this week. “We had about 45 minutes. The main thing was how to make America a better country but specifically how to deal with the African American community. It was a great meeting for me. I […]
An attorney representing Black employees in a class action discrimination lawsuit against CNN claims the cable news network has a long history of racial bias.
12/7/16- Roland Martin talks to Texas A&M President Michael Young about Richard Spencer, the white nationalist who held a rally on the school’s campus. “The commitment to the first Amendment is also deep and powerful. At the same time, I think this speech doesn’t even dignify a response. We as an intuitions didn’t even want […]
“We are in the midst of an epic transition,” Stephen Klineberg, sociologist and the founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University. In less than 35 years, the United States will be a lot browner. According to the U.S. Census, by 2050, the United States will no longer have a clear […]
12/05/16 – Roland Martin and Meg Kinnard, Associated Press political/legal affairs reporter, provide updates on the Slager and Roof trials which are both currently happening in South Carolina. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. (Photo: Meg Kinnard Twitter Profile)
“Excuse me if I’m not giving credit to Donald Trump for keeping jobs in Indiana when he has absolutely no statutory power to offer any incentives to keep Carrier in Indiana,” Roland Martin said. Donald Trump is getting lots of credit for the Carrier Air Conditioning plant deal and will be traveling to Indiana to […]
11/30/16- Roland Martin talks to Lee Francis, the black male teacher in Fayetteville, North Carolina who was suspended for stepping on an American flag during a teaching of the First Amendment. The fate of his professional teaching career will be found on today, Wednesday November 30th. “it was not act of defiance at all. […]
11/28/16- Roland Martin talks to Rev. William Barber, NAACP North Carolina conference chair, about the newest issues that North Carolina is facing against the Republicans. “What these people are doing is incredibly cynical and wrong. They filed bogus complains claiming voting fraud. The did that to slow down the canvasing process. Now the Governor […]
11/23/16- Roland Martin talks to journalist Terrell Starr about the language of DNC candidates. “He lost black women. He and his senior staff feels that they didn’t need black voters. He still feels like the progressive is going to take over without the support of black women. Click the link above to hear the […]
