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Trayvon Martin Case: Bethune-Cookman And FAMU Students March From Daytona Beach To Sanford, FL For Justice (AUDIO)

Roland Martin talks with FAMU student, Ciara Taylor about the Trayvon Martin case and the student march from Daytona Beach to Sanford, FL.

Gunman In Minneapolis Suburb Kills Three, Suspect Not Yet Found (VIDEO)

3 Dead in Brooklyn Park Shooting: MyFoxTWINCITIES.com Source: The Huffington Post BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — Police say three adults have been killed at an in-home day care in a Minneapolis suburb. Brooklyn Park police haven't released many details about the killings around 6:30 a.m. Monday. Inspector Todd Milburn wouldn't say whether any children were present [...]

Harry Belafonte On Marlon Brando And Reflects On Being A Witness To History (VIDEO)

Harry Belafonte sat down with Roland Martin for an exclusive Washington Watch interview from his New York office. During the interview Mr. Belafonte discussed his friend Marlon Brando and some of the amazing times he witnessed during his life. MR. ROLAND MARTIN:  Well, first off, Harry Belafonte, so glad to sit before you and to [...]

ESPN: Lamar Odom, Mavs Sever Ties (VIDEO)

Source: Marc Stein / ESPN Lamar Odom's brief and bumpy ride with the Dallas Mavericks has come to an abrupt end. The Mavericks and Odom spent Easter Sunday working out a parting, according to sources close to the situation, that frees the struggling Odom to leave the team immediately without actually being released. "The Mavericks and I [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Florida State Attorney Angela Corey Will Not Use Grand Jury In Trayvon Martin Case

Source: CNN State Attorney Angela Corey, appointed as a special prosecutor in the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, has decided against sending the case to a grand jury, her office said Monday. "The decision should not be considered a factor in the final determination of the case," Corey's office said in a statement. [...]

Homeowner Association Could Be Sued In Trayvon Martin Case (VIDEO)

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Source: Mike Schneider and Tony Winton / ABC News If Trayvon Martin's family sues over his death, they might not target George Zimmerman but instead the homeowners association of the neighborhood where the shooting happened and Zimmerman lived. That's because if Zimmerman's claim that he shot the unarmed 17-year-old in [...]

Judge Orders Tulsa Murder Suspects Held On More Than $9 Million Bond Each

Source: CNN A judge in Tulsa, Oklahoma has ordered two men suspected in a string of weekend shootings that left three people dead held in lieu of $9,160,000 bond each. Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 33, are charged with three counts of murder and two counts of shooting with intent to kill in connection [...]

Mike Wallace Remembered (VIDEO)

Morley Safer pays tribute to Mike Wallace, one of the founding correspondents of "60 Minutes," who has died at age 93. Over his storied 65-year career the "toughest guy on television" interviewed presidents, tyrants, celebrities and other important historical figures.

3 Killed, 2 Injured In Tulsa, Oklahoma Shooting Spree (VIDEO)

Police say five people were shot, three killed, in a shooting spree in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Harry Belafonte: President Obama Needs A 'Strong, Moral Point Of View On The Plight Of The Poor'

By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Listen to any politician today, whether it's President Barack Obama or GOP challengers Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, and he will be quick to extol the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Yet quoting King is one thing; taking up the mantle of King's work is another. [...]