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Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Flex And Shanice Season Finale, BET Sunday Best Show Down…AND MORE

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, Michael Imhotep sits in for Martin.Flex Alexander and Shanice discuss the season finale of their show, Flex and Shanice. Imhotep talks BET  Sunday Best showdown with one of the show’s finalist. Today is the 60th anniversary of the death of 14 year old Emmett Till who was killed […]

The New Orleans Charter School Revolution: Ten Years After Katrina Audio Podcast

In recognition of the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, TV One’s News One Now dedicates an entire show to exploring the controversy surrounding the rebuilding and reorganization of New Orleans’ once failing school system with the premiere of The New Orleans Charter School Revolution: Ten Years After Katrina. Shot on location in New Orleans, The […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: WDBJ Shooting Claims The Lives Of 2, Gunman Alleged He Suffered Racial Discrimination

WDBJ7 Shooting Claims The Lives Of Reporter & Photographer, Shooter Made Claims Of Racial Discrimination Roland Martin and NewsOne Now chronicled the tragic WDBJ shooting event that claimed the lives of Alison Parker and Adam Ward. The gunman,  Vester Lee Flanagan, AKA Bryce Williams claimed he suffered racial discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying at work. […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Should The Media Air WDBJ Shooter’s Video?

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, in the aftermath of the WDBJ shooting some media outlets are showing the the Vester Flanagan/Bryce Williams first person shooter video. The New York Daily News published still images of the video on their front page and on Thursday morning, TV One’s NewsOne Now played Vester Flanagan’s footage.  Martin asks […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Napa Valley Train CEO Apologizes, #Laughing While Black Book Club Member Declines To Accept It

Napa Valley Train Apologizes For #LaughingWhileBlack Incident, Black Book Club Member Does Not Accept Lisa Renee Johnson, member of the Sistahs on the Reading Edge Book Club and Napa Valley Train CEO Tony Giaccio joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss the #LaughingWhileBlack incident where 11 Black women were removed from a train for allegedly […]

Civil Rights Activist Amelia Boynton Robinson Dies At 104

Source: Phillip Lucas / AP / ABC News Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who helped lead the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march and was the first black woman to run for Congress in Alabama, died early Wednesday at age 104, her son Bruce Boynton said. Boynton Robinson was among those beaten during […]

Man Suspected Of Killing Two WDBJ7 Employees Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

Source: WDBJ7 MONETA, Va. — The suspect accused of killing two WDBJ7 employees died at a hospital in Northern Virginia, according to Franklin County Sheriff Bill Overton. Vester Flanagan died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Fairfax hospital around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. He is a former WDBJ7 employee. Officials believe he shot and killed […]

WDBJ7 Reporter And Photographer Shot And Killed During A Live Broadcast

A WDBJ7 reporter and photographer were killed by a shooter dur… A #WDBJ7 reporter and photographer were killed by a shooter during a live news broadcast. Stay tuned to NewsOne Now and NewsOne.com for coverage of this tragic event. Posted by Roland Martin on Wednesday, August 26, 2015 A WDBJ7 reporter and photographer were killed […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: #BlackLivesMatter Activists Launch Campaign Zero, Illinois Mom's Anti-Black Lives Matter Rant Goes Viral

Campaign Zero: #BlackLivesMatter Activists Unveil 10 Policy Demands To End Police Violence In America Brittney Packnett and Sam SinYangwe, Planners for Campaign Zero joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to discuss the policy initiatives listed in Campaign Zero. Illinois Mom’s Anti-Black Lives Matter Rant  Goes Viral An Illinois mom’s anti-Black Lives Matter rant has gone […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Danziger Bridge Shooting & Attempted Cover-Up Detailed In New Book

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, Ronnie Green, author of Shots on the Bridge: Police Violence and Cover-Up in the Wake of Katrina discusses the horrific Danziger Bridge shooting and New Orleans police officers’ attempt to cover-up the crime. Martin questions if parents should give their children multiple choices while school shopping. Should parents allow children […]