It has been a long time coming, but the story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen during World War II is finally being told in a major, Hollywood motion picture, on the big screen. Roland Martin had a chance to talk with two of the stars of “Red Tails,” Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., and […]
Roland Martin and Washington Watch traveled to the Potter’s House to discuss the importance of fathers in the African-American community. In this segment of the show Roland talks with a panel of guests who debate if a woman can teach a boy how to be a man.
There is a crisis in the Black community of families without fathers. We all know about it, and we all know it has devastated our community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 70 percent of Black children grow up in homes without their fathers. Children who grow up without fathers are more likely […]
This past week, the NAACP released a report on new voting laws at the state level that will disenfranchise minority voters. The report said 14 states passed measures, quote, “designed to restrict or limit the ballot access of voters of color.” As part of that report, the NAACP listed several questions we should all be […]
The unveiling of “The Black List” photo exhibit at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery here in D.C. was an event attended by many of the celebrities represented in the photographs. Roland Martin had the opportunity to talk with some of them about what it meant to see themselves in black and white. Most Popular Articles […]
Smokey Fontaine of NewsOne.com joins Roland Martin, via HP’s SkyRoom from News One’s New York headquarters for this week’s edition of Web Watch. In this week’s installment of Web Watch Roland and Smokey Fontaine discuss stopping the spread of hate on the Internet and the You Tube sensation with the “golden voice” hit a hurdle […]