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NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Evangelical Pastors Address Racism & White Supremacy In America

What Is The Conversation Whites Should Have About Race In America? On Tuesday’s NewsOne Now, Roland Martin lead a conversation addressing race in America and White supremacy with a panel comprised of White Evangelical voices. The purpose of this important conversation was to discuss how White clergy and White America should address issues of race and racism in the […]

Civil Rights Leaders Call on Amazon CEO to Cease Sales of Confederate Flag

Source: Earl Ofari Hutchinson / The Hutchinson Report News Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and other civil rights leaders on Tuesday, June 23 called on Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to cease all Confederate flag sales. The cessation of sales of this item by Amazon is even more important now that Walmart and Sears […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Confederate Flag Debate Heats Up

Mike Huckabee & Rick Santorum Sidestep The Confederate Flag Issue GOP presidential hopefuls Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum dodge the Confederate flag issue. Huckabee claims it is not an issue for 2016, but what about the history of hate associated with the Confederate flag?   Rev. Jim Wallis: White Privilege Is The Benefit Of White Supremacy […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: How Do We Stand Up Against Racism?

In this edition of “The Roland Martin Show,” Roland Martin and Behavioral Health Expert, Cleo Manago discuss how do we as a community and a nation stand up against racism/white supremacy. All that and more in this edition of “The Roland Martin Show” Audio Podcast. Subscribe to  “The Roland Martin Show” Audio Podcast on iTunes.  

Roland Martin, Bishop Harry Jackson On The South Carolina Confederate Flag

Roland Martin and Bishop Harry Jackson discuss what needs to happen for the South Carolina Confederate flag to be removed from atop the capitol dome.  

NewsOne Now Charleston Church Massacre Special Report Audio Podcast

Emanuel AME Shooter Confesses To Killing 9, Told Investigators He Wanted To Start A Race War Emanuel AME Church mass shooter Dylann Roof confessed to killing 9 people and told investigators he wanted to start a “race war.” Roland Martin and NewsOne Now bring you the latest details in the hate crime investigation and the […]

Roland Martin: We Must Address Race, Understand There Is Still Racial Hatred In America

Roland Martin, host of TV One’s NewsOne Now appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the Emanuel AME Church massacre and race in America.

Roland Martin: Confederate Flag Is The Greatest Hate Symbol America Has Ever Produced

Roland Martin, host of TV One’s NewsOne Now appeared on OutFront to discuss the Charleston massacre and renewed calls to remove the confederate flag from the grounds of South Carolina’s state capitol. Martin told Erin Burnett host of OutFront the Confederate flag “is a hate symbol that has no place over any state capitol — […]

S.C. Congressman Jim Clyburn Talks Deadly Shooting In Historic AME Church

The massacre of 9 people in a Charleston church has shocked a nation and particularly Black Americans who have been reeling from a variety of racially motivated incidents already. South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn was one of the people stunned by the deadly shooting of nine people in a South Carolina church,  founded by Denmark Vesey. Vesey was […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Rachel Dolezal Triples Down On Blackness

As Rachel Dolezal continues to defend her identity as a Black woman, the 37-year-old is leaving even more people puzzled, recently claiming she might not be biologically related to her parents.   Roland Martin and the NewsOne Now panel discussed if Dolezal has opened a door to discuss race in a new way or is this a new way […]