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Rodney King, 20 Years Later (VIDEO)

In 2011, Don Lemon talked to Rodney King about his police beating and the L.A. riots.
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Rodney King Discusses His Memoir, “The Riot Within” (VIDEO)

Rodney King talks about his new book “The Riot Within” and reflects on what he learned after the 1991 beating.
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TMZ: Rodney King Found Dead

Source: TMZ

Rodney King — the man who was at the center of the infamous Los Angeles riots — was found dead this morning in Rialito, CA. He was 47.
According to our sources, King’s fiancée found him dead at the bottom of a pool.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they responded to a call at 5:25 AM [...]

THIS WEEK On Washington Watch: Cecilia Rouse, Melanie Campbell, Nicole Austin-Hillery, Reverend Anthony Evans And More …

FORMER WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISOR CECILIA ROUSE, MELANIE CAMPBELL OF THE NATIONAL COALITION ON BLACK CIVIC PARTICIPATION, NICOLE AUSTIN-HILLERY OF THE BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND REVEREND ANTHONY EVANS ARE THE GUESTS ON WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN ON SUNDAY, JUNE 17
- Topics to include the significant drop in middle class income and wealth, especially [...]

ROLAND S. MARTIN: Israel Wrong To Demand Release Of American Traitor

By Roland S. Martin
Editor-in-Chief
RolandMartinReports.com
The next time an Israeli official petitions the U.S. government to release American traitor Jonathan Pollard from prison, we should tell our friend and longtime ally in an unequivocal tone: He will die in an American prison, so stop asking!
Now I know that’s not how our State Department practices diplomacy, but there [...]

LISTEN: Roland Martin, April Ryan Discuss Pres. Obama's Economic Speech And If The Obama Administration Is Taking Black Voters For Granted

Roland Martin talks with April Ryan about President Obama’s recent economic speech, how the economy will impact the 2012 presidential election and if the Obama Administration is taking African-American voters for granted.

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EDUCATION CRISIS: ‘Teacher Of The Year’ Gets Pink Slip Amid Budget Cuts

Source: Daniel Macht / NBCBayArea.com / MSNBC
Sacramento sixth grade teacher Michelle Apperson was recently named “Teacher of the Year” for her entire district. A pink slip from California’s cash-starved government followed the good news for the Sutterville Elementary School teacher of nine years, KXTV reported.
According to The Sacramento Bee, the Sacramento City Unified School district approved $28 million [...]

STUDY: Obese Elementary School Students More Likely To Be Worse At Math

Source: CBS News

Children’s math abilities may have as much to do with their bellies as it does with their brains.
A new study finds obese children are more likely to be worse at math than their skinnier classmates.
The study, published in the June 14 issue of Child Development, involved 6,250 children from an ongoing government study [...]

Tracy Martin Reflects On First Father’s Day Without Trayvon (VIDEO)

 
Source: CBS Miami

MIAMI – It will be a somber sobering Father’s Day for Tracy Martin; his first without his 17 year old son Trayvon. Martin released a special video message about the pain he is enduring as he waits for his son’s killer to be tried in court.
“I’ll share a prayer for all the dads [...]

Intense Manhunt For Surgeon In Hospital Murder (VIDEO)

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