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Freddie Gray’s Family Satisfied With Charges [VIDEO]

The stepfather of Freddie Gray says the family is satisfied with prosecutors charging six police officers involved in Gray’s arrest. (May 1)

Pete Brown, First Black To Win On PGA Tour, Dies At 80-Years Old

Source: www.africanamericangolfersdigest.com Just two days after the death of pro golfer Calvin Peete, winner of the 1985 Players champion, we have lost yet another pioneering African American golfer. Pete Brown, the first black golfer to win a PGA Tour event, died today, Friday, May 1, in Augusta, Ga., at Doctors Hospital.  Brown was age 80. Brown […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: #OneBaltimore Movement Launched To Unify And Change BMore

On Tuesday night, more than 500 ministers gathered at the Empowerment Temple in Baltimore, Maryland for a town hall meeting to discuss the #OneBaltimore movement and what faith leaders from different denominations can do to change the city in the wake of Freddie Gray’s death and subsequent riots. Roland Martin and NewsOne Now were on hand during the […]

Roland Martin Show Audio Podcast: Is Thug The New N-Word?

In this edition of The Roland Martin Show, Hillary Clinton calls for the overhaul of the criminal justice system and discusses the death of Freddie Gray during her address at Columbia University. NAACP President and CEO Cornell Brooks discusses the Baltimore uprising and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake’s use of the term “thugs” when talking about […]

Roland Martin & Pastor Jamal Bryant Talk #OneBaltimore Initiative & Teaching Civil Obedience

Roland Martin was on the ground in Baltimore last night at the Empowerment Temple to join activists, pastors, imams and priests as well as the community to promote healing after protests turned violent Monday night. Due to the efforts of those pastors and others in the community, an imposed curfew in Baltimore was mostly observed. During […]

Baltimore Residents Clean Up After Riots (VIDEO)

Hundreds of volunteers are cleaning up the wreckage after riots broke out in Baltimore on Monday, just hours after a funeral for Freddie Gray, who died of a mysterious spinal injury while he was in police custody. (April 28)

Pres. Obama On Police Unrest: ‘This Is Not New’ (VIDEO)

Obama is calling the deaths of several black men by police “a slow rolling crisis.” He says it’s not new, but there’s new awareness from cameras and social media. (April 28)

Mom Slaps Son, Rips Him From Baltimore Riots (VIDEO)

Source: USA Today An angry woman is being applauded after she was caught on camera slapping a young man that isreportedly her son and ripping him out of Baltimore riots on Monday. WMAR-TV captured footage of the woman screaming at the young man dressed from head to toe in black, to “take the mask off” […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Baltimore Uprising

Baltimore Uprising: National Guard Summoned, Curfew Instituted, School Canceled After Protest Turn Violent Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan activated the National Guard late Monday in an effort to quell surging violence that erupted earlier in the day and rippled across the city after the funeral of Freddie Gray, the latest national symbol of police violence in […]

Roland Martin, Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings Talk School Closings, Riots & Looting

  Roland Martin talks to Baltimore Congressman Elijah Cummings about the decision to close schools in light of the Baltimore riots due to the death of Freddie Gray. Roland: We are all obviously watching what’s happening in Baltimore as they go through this next phase. Who made the decision to cancel school today? That’s 80,000 kids who […]