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#RolandMartinUnfiltered is a daily show broadcast from Washington, DC, that will focus on news, politics, culture, entertainment, social justice, sports, education, business, and finance. If it’s important to you, we will cover it. You will be treated to some of the top minds in education, public policy, and academia, discussing the news of the day and why it matters to us. Visit http://rolandmartinunfiltered.com for more information and to join the #BringTheFunk Fan Club. Your support is vital and will help make the #RolandMartinUnfiltered Daily Digital Show a reality.

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11.18 RMU Kaepernick workout drama; Bloomberg sorry for Stop and Frisk; Sanders asks HBCUs for help 20.11.2019 2:12:59

11.18.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered; Colin Kaepernick NFL workout drama; Former NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg is sorry for Stop and Frisk; South Carolina's role in the 2020 presidential race; African American voters helped re-elect Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana for a second term; Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling on HBCU students to help him get elected; Trump says farmers will receive cash payouts be...

11.19 RMU: Impeachment hearings; Redlining in Long Island, NY; Marijuana licensing lacks diversity 20.11.2019 1:03:02

11.19.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Donald Trump Impeachment hearings; Extensive redlining in Long Island, NY exposed; Chicago marijuana licensing lacks diversity; Senate Republicans blocked $255M for HBCUs; Girlfriend of Philando Castille is suing the Mayor of Elysian, Minnesota for his racist tweet; Crazy woman harasses a Black man for taking out the trash while Black #RolandMartinUnfiltered partn...

11.15 RMU; Rodney Reed execution stayed; Myles Garrett suspended; Roger Stone guilty on all counts 20.11.2019 1:45:15

11.15.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed's execution stayed; Browns' Myles Garrett suspended; Roger Stone found guilty on all counts; Trump attacks former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch during impeachment hearing and she responds in real time; #TrumpLiesMatter: WH summary of first phone call with newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a lie; Ma...

11.13: Public impeachment hearing against Trump; SCOTUS hears Byron Allen v. Comcast; MD HBUCs Rally 20.11.2019 1:46:15

11.13.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: House Intelligence Committee held its first public impeachment hearing against Donald Trump; SCOTUS hears Byron Allen v. Comcast discrimination case; MD HBUCs and their supporters rally for equitable funding in Annapolis and demand Gov. Larry Hogan and state legislators to settle a federal lawsuit #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Ebony Foundation | Home by the Hol...

11.14 RMU: Deval Patrick launches 2020 bid; Mike Espy runs for Senate; Kaepernick works out for NFL 20.11.2019 1:04:34

11.14.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Deval Patrick launches 2020 presidential bid; Mike Espy to runs for Senate; Colin Kaepernick scheduled to workout for the NFL; Colorado police officers will not be charged for shooting a black man 3 times in the back; Accused murderer Ray Jefferson Cromartie has been executed even though his attorneys say they have evidence to prove he didn't do it. #RolandMartinU...

11.12: Cummings' widow runs for office; Trump impeachment hearings; Stephen Miller's racist emails 13.11.2019 1:22:14

11.12.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Rep. Elijah Cummings' widow to run for his House seat; Update on the Rodney Reed execution case; San Francisco's transit system apologized to the man arrested for eating while black; Donald Trump impeachment hearings loom; Leaked emails show that Trump's Senior Policy Adviser Stephen Miller affinity for white supremacists; HBCUs to rally in Annapolis to demand fun...

11.11 RMU: Vets mental health services; GA death row inmate appeal denied; MD HBCUs rally for $$$ 13.11.2019 1:04:03

11.11.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Are we doing enough to help veterans when then return home? Georgia's high court denies another request to halt the execution of Ray Jefferson Cromartie; Maryland HBCUs rally for equal funding; Dem 2020 presidential hopefuls talk environmental justice; Former Austin Texas police chief is being investigated as a result of an anonymous complaint about his use of the...

11.8 Bloomberg mulls 2020 bid; MD Black prison population; Man gets 10yrs for enslaving Black man 13.11.2019 57:36

11.8.18 #RolandMartinUnfiltered LIVE from the #LifeLuxeJazz Fest in #LosCabos: Former NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg considering 2020 run; Report shows that Maryland has a larger black prison population than any other state; White restaurant manager who kept a Black man with disability enslaved for years is going to jail; Howard University football coach placed on administrative leave for abusive beha...

11.6: #Election2019; VA. State gov't flipped Blue; New mayor in Flint; Dem Beshear wins KY Gov. race 13.11.2019 5:15:48

11.6.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: #Election2019 election results; Democrats flip VA. State government in Blue wave; New mayor in Flint, MI; Democrat Andy Beshear wins Kentucky's governor's race; Democrats scramble to lock up the Latino vote; Virginia woman who flipped off Trump and lost her job wins election; Kansas City votes to remove MLK Boulevard. - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Life Luxe Ja...

11.7: Trump to pay $2M over foundation scam; Trump's 45th judge confirmed; Chicago's top cop retires 13.11.2019 1:20:59

11.7.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump ordered to pay $2M over foundation scam; The Senate confirms Trump's 45th judicial nominee; Eddie Johnson, Chicago's top cop retires in the midst of an investigation; 2020 presidential hopefuls talk environmental justice in South Carolina; Maryland HBCUs are joining together for a rally to demand fair funding; Crowd forces two women to remove their KKK Hallow...

EXCLUSIVE: Former AU Ambassador To The U.S. On Her Dismissal, France's Ongoing Influence In Africa 07.11.2019 28:55

The African Union has come under fire for terminating the appointment of Arikana Chihombori-Quao, its ambassador to the United States. A spokesperson for the AU chairman's office says that she has come to the end of her political appointment after spending three years in the position. But her supporters believe that she is being punished for her views about France's ongoing influence across the co...

11.5.19 #RMU EXCLUSIVE: Fired AU Ambassador speaks; Election day results; @BWWings manger fired 07.11.2019 1:33:34

11.5.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered EXCLUSIVE: Fired African Union Ambassador speaks; Election day results; White Supremacist Richard Spencer's racist rant is revealed...by one of his rivals; A Buffalo Wild Wings manager is fired for asking black diners to move; A battle over a street named after Dr. Martin Luther King rages on. - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Life Luxe Jazz Life Luxe Jazz is the e...

11.4 RMU: Conyers laid to rest; DNA may save an innocent TX man's life; NY Police brutality protests 07.11.2019 1:13:57

11.4.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Rep. John Conyers laid to rest; DNA could save an innocent TX man's life, but prosecutors oppose it; Rep. Christopher England, of Tuscaloosa, was elected Alabama Democratic Party chair; NYC subway riders jumped turnstiles this weekend to protest police brutality; White Supremacists try to shoot a video in front of the Emmett Till memorial; Crazy man goes on a racis...

11.1 RMU: Black judge under attack; Petition for PGPD chief to step down; #WalkAway Campaign founder 07.11.2019 1:32:33

11.1.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black judge under attack for calling out racism; Petition calls for PG County Police Chief to step down; #WalkAway Campaign founder debates Roland Martin; The new Harriet Tubman movie hits theaters this weekend + We're live at CultureShift, a Black venture capitalist summit in NYC. - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Life Luxe Jazz Life Luxe Jazz is the experience o...

10.31: Trump impeachment vote; Twitter bans political ads; NC school votes down Black history class 07.11.2019 58:28

10.31.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Trump impeachment vote; Twitter bans all political ads; North Carolina against having African American history classes; Black American University student is dragged out of her room by police; The story of Harriet Tubman comes to the big screen this weekend. - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Life Luxe Jazz Life Luxe Jazz is the experience of a lifetime, delivering...

Unfit Trump Judicial Nod Cries Over Damning Letter From The Bar Association Saying He Is Unqualified 31.10.2019 10:33

Federal appeals court nominee Lawrence J.C. VanDyke broke down in tears during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, reacting to a scathing letter against his confirmation by the American Bar Association. VanDyke also broke down in tears over assertions he harbors animus toward LGBT people. The Bar Association conducted 60 interviews and concluded that VanDyke was "not qualified" for the...

10.30.19 RMU: Funeral of Conyers announced; John Witherspoon dies; Trump judge nominee cries 31.10.2019 1:30:39

10.30.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Funeral of Conyers announced; @DWStweets rips immigration chief, calls him a white supremacist; Trump's Unfit judicial nod cries over bar association letter saying he is unqualified; The family of Antwon Rose will receive nearly $1.2 million from a settlement in the federal civil lawsuit filed against East Pittsburgh and former police Officer Michael Rosfeld; The...

Dove Awards Issues An Apology, But Kirk Franklin Is Not Fully Satisfied 31.10.2019 6:45

The Gospel Music Association has apologized to Kirk Franklin for censoring his speech during the broadcast of the 50th Annual Dove Awards earlier this month after Franklin released a lengthy video on Instagram threatening to boycott. Gospel Music Association president Jackie Patillo has issued an apology saying: "On the heels of the 50th Annual Dove Awards Celebration, I want to thank everyone who...

WTH Happened At Benedict College? Democratic Co-Chair Of The 2020 Bipartisan Justice Center Explains 31.10.2019 22:35

What the hell happened at the Second Step Presidential Justice Forum at Benedict College this weekend? Did Benedict College get played by the Trump administration and the organizers of Donald Trump's first visit to an HBCU? As Donald Trump delivered a speech about criminal justice to a room full of political allies at Benedict College, in Columbia, S.C., most students were reportedly asked to stay...

Steward Speakers State of Black America Lecture Series in Indianapolis 31.10.2019 1:55:31

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10.29: NCAA to allow athletes to get paid; CBC pays tribute to Rep. Conyers; NC district map tossed 31.10.2019 53:58

10.2919 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: NCAA to allow athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses; CBC pays tribute to Rep. John Conyers; NC court tosses the state's gerrymandered congressional district map; The National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives stands with Chicago Police Department Superintendent, Eddie Johnson in the face of Trump's attacks; The Dove Awards has i...

Don't Fall For The Okie Doke: Trump Impeachment Lynching Remark An Attempt To Distract From Ukraine 31.10.2019 18:13

Donald Trump is always describing investigations into his actions as witch-hunts and coups, but today he chose a much stronger word to describe the current impeachment inquiry. The nation's complainer-in-chief tweeted, "So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any legal...

Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Joyce Beatty & AOC Grill Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg On The Hill 30.10.2019 31:23

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was grilled during his testimony on Capitol Hill. The hearing was about Libra, Facebook's proposed cryptocurrency, but Zuckerberg also commented on the social network's commitment to civil rights and what the company has done to promote diversity after the company's settlement with various civil rights groups related to discrimination tied to advertising and housin...

10.28.19 #RMU: Rep. Conyers dies; Trump booed in DC; Kirk Franklin boycotts TBN, Dove Awards 29.10.2019 1:36:16

10.28.19 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Rep. Conyers dies; Trump gets booed in DC; Kirk Franklin boycotts TBN and the Dove Awards; The National Civil Rights at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis will host its 28th annual Freedom Awards. - #RolandMartinUnfiltered partner: Life Luxe Jazz Life Luxe Jazz is the experience of a lifetime, delivering top-notch music in an upscale destination. The weekend-long event...

All Hell Broke Loose! Drama At Benedict College Over Trump's Visit To The HBCU 28.10.2019 11:27

Roland Martin say there was “lots of drama” over the weekend and Benedict college. 10 Democrats showed up to speak and Donald Trump too. Not only did Trump show up, but he also got an award and changed the “format” of his visit. That’s when Martin says “all hell broke loose.” Martin talks to President of Benedict college Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis about what went down. She says that the presidential f...