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Mich. Cop Kills Congolese Immigrant, AME Church alleged $90M funds loss, Black Women & Sarcoidosis Apr 12, 2022

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4.11.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Mich. Cop Kills Congolese Immigrant, AME Church alleged $90M funds loss, Black Women & Sarcoidosis

Eight years ago, the Lyoya family immigrated to the US to escape the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, only to be faced with the violent killing of their son by a Grand Rapids, Michigan police officer. Patrick's father says the officer shot his son in the back of the head as he lay on the ground face down. The family is waiting for the bodycam videos to be released. Family attorney Ben Crump will let us know when that will happen.

A New York arbitrator found the force used by two Buffalo police officers was justified when they pushed an elderly man down, causing severe brain injury.

As President Joe Biden lays out his administration's plan to crack down on ghost guns, he doubles down on his stance to "Fund the police."
And Vice President Kamala Harris highlights the administration's plan to lessen the burden of medical debt.

A second lawsuit against the AME Church, claiming the worldwide denomination's retirement fund was mishandled, causing an alleged loss of $90 million in retirement fund investments. We'll talk to one of the attorneys who filed the latest suit against the church.
April is Sarcoidosis awareness month. In tonight's Fit, Live, Win segment, we'll talk about what's being called the silent killer among African American women.

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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Celebrates Confirmation, Will Smith Oscars Ban, Charter School Funding Apr 09, 2022

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4.8.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Celebrates Confirmation, Will Smith Oscars Ban, Charter School Funding

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrates her historical confirmation to the Supreme Court at the White House. I was there for her emotional speech thanking her role models and others who helped her along the way. You'll hear what she and others had to say at today's ceremony about this historical confirmation.

Will Smith gets banned from attending the Oscars for the next ten years.

Mason, Tennessee leadership is fighting to keep a Republican comptroller out of their finances. The vice mayor of the majority-black town will tell us what happened in Wednesday's court hearing.

A black college student disarms a man during a melee. He ends up getting shot four times. He and his attorney will be here to talk about his lawsuit against the San Jose, California Police Department.

Dealerships in four states are accused of overcharging black customers will have to pay a 10 million in fines.

In today's Education Matters, we'll look at how proposed new rules for charter school grants could impact how states fund and regulate charter schools.

And a huge loss in the NFL, Hall of Famer Rayfield Wright has died.

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U.S. Senate confirms 1st black woman Supreme Court Justice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Apr 08, 2022

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4.7.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: U.S. Senate confirms 1st black woman Supreme Court Justice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Bipartisan support leads to a historic 53 to 47 vote confirming the nation's first Black female Supreme Court Justice. We'll be talking to a lot of folks about today's confirmation; representatives, former judges, and civil rights groups witnessing history in the making.

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No Charges in Amir Locke's Death, Okla Great-grandmother taunted by cops, African Conflicts, KweliTV Apr 07, 2022

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4.6.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: No Charges in Amir Lockes Death, Okla. Great-grandmother taunted by cops, African Conflicts, KweliTV

police officer is getting away with murdering an innocent black man. No criminal charges will be filed in the Amir Locke shooting. I'll be talking to the family attorney tonight.

A 70-year-old black great-grandmother gets taunted and laughed at by Tulsa, Oklahoma, police while possibly going through a mental crisis. We'll talk to her attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons and two of her children.

We will be looking at the conflicts in Africa and examine why people don't know about what's happening across that continent.

A New Jersey mayor publicly apologizes for being caught on camera using racial slurs.

And racists posts cause an Illinois police chief to resign.

In today's Tech Talk segment, a streaming service celebrates black stories from around the world. We'll talk to the founder of KweliTV

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Mason, TN Going to Court, Banks & Slavery, Obama At The White House, Gaetz v Austin, Melanie Dolls Apr 06, 2022

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4.5.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Mason, TN Going to Court, Banks & Slavery, Obama At The White House, Gaetz v Austin, Melanie Dolls

A majority-Black Tennessee town is fighting back against the state's comptroller's financial takeover. Represented by the NAACP, the town of Mason is headed to court tomorrow after accusing Jason Mumpower of violating the Equal Protection Clause and going beyond his authority under state and federal law as comptroller through unlawful efforts to take over the town's finances. We'll have an update from the President of the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP.

A heated exchange between Rep. Matt Gaetz and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin clashed during today's House Armed Services Committee.

In Georgia, a black professor no longer teaches in-person classes after she called campus police to remove two students for being two minutes late. And it's being called the largest settlement Georgia has paid out in about 30 years for the death of a black man.

President Barak Obama was back at the White House today to celebrate the success of the Affordable Care Act.

The Role of Financial Institutions in the Horrors of Slavery and the Need for Atonement was today's topic in The House Financial Services Committee hearing. We'll explore that with Rev. Mark Thompson, the Senior Advisor at the Institute of Politics Policy.

And in this week's Marketplace, a toymaker is doing what she can to make sure black beauty is represented.

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Peter Spencer's 2nd Autopsy, Senate Cmte. Deadlock SCOTUS Vote, Cameroon Civil War, Pandemic Report Apr 05, 2022

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4.4.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Peter Spencer's 2nd Autopsy, Senate Cmte. Deadlock SCOTUS Vote, Cameroon Civil War, Pandemic Report

The family attorney of Peter Spencer, the Jamaican immigrant who was killed during a hunting trip with his white co-worker, says the Venango County district attorney got it wrong by not charging the men who killed Peter. Peter's family hired their own forensic pathologist to perform a second autopsy. We'll have the family attorney tell us what that second autopsy uncovered.

The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked their vote to send the historic Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the full Senate. We'll explain what that means and look at what's next.

I'm going to take a deeper dive into the Ginni Thomas text messages.

The Poor People's Campaign released a study called, Mapping the intersection of Poverty, Race, and Covid-19." We'll have

Did you know about the civil war that's happening in Cameroon? We'll talk about what's happening there and the renewed accusation of racial bias regarding African refugees being welcomed into the United States.

Peace should be coming to South Sudan after political rivals agree to unify army command.

Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks are national champions for the second time. Coach Staley is keeping her promise about the net. We'll tell you who she plans to send the pieces to and why.

In today's Fit, Live, Win segment. At her heaviest, she was 485 pounds. After losing nearly 200 pounds, she shares some painful lessons she learned as she shed pounds.

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Will Packer Speaks, Racist Kansas City Police Dept. HBCU to Close, Covid $$ Used for Law Enforcement Apr 02, 2022

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4.1.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Men & Economic Recovery, S.C.& Amputation Rates, Men of Change Exhibit, Color Noir

Producer Will Packer is speaking publicly about what happened at the Oscars for the first time. We'll show you parts of that Good Morning America interview with T.J. Holmes.

Kansas City civil rights groups have long known their police department had high incidences of violence against Black and Latino people and racist hiring practices. The groups even called for a DOJ investigation. Now, an investigation by a local Kansas newspaper has some proof. Tonight, the President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City will tell us what happened to their plea to the DOJ.

An investigative report uncovers how many police departments across the county used Covid relief funds. We'll talk to the journalist who followed the money.

March proved to be an excellent month for job creation, but what did it look like for us. I spoke to Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, who broke down the numbers.

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Oscars lying about Will Smith; judge strikes down racist FL voter law; Calif. Reparations task force Apr 01, 2022

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3.31.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Oscars lying about Will Smith; judge strikes down racist Fla. voter law; Calif. Reparations task force

conflicting stories about if Will Smith was asked to leave or was told to stay at the Oscars.

The battle for voting rights is continuing. In Florida, a federal judge permanently blocks the state's new voter suppression laws from going into effect. We'll talk to the Co-founder of Black Voters Matter, Cliff Albright, who testified in this case.

But the Louisiana legislature overturned Governor John Bel Edwards' veto of the congressional redistricting map. Edwards vetoed the bill because a second majority-minority district wasn't added and ran against federal law.

In tonight's Where's Our Money segment, we are talking about how black-owned media is not getting a fair share of federal grant money. Ron Busby, the President, and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers will break down the numbers.

California's reparations committee's decision over who should qualify is causing a huge debate. The committee chair is back tonight to explain why folks have a problem with their decision.

We knew it didn't work! Now there's scientific proof that ivermectin does not lower the risk of Covid hospitalization. Infectious Disease Specialist Dr. Alexea Gaffney will give us the latest Covid.

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Black Men & Economic Recovery, S.C.& Amputation Rates, Men of Change Exhibit, Color Noir Mar 31, 2022

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3.30.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Black Men & Economic Recovery, S.C.& Amputation Rates, Men of Change Exhibit, Color Noir

The economy and black folks. As our economy recovers, black men are still being left behind. According to a recent report by the Center for American Progress, black men continue to experience consistent unemployment gaps and limited economic opportunities. We'll have one of the authors of that report explain the findings.

Vice President Kamala Harris announces improvements to a pilot program to help underserved entrepreneurs.

An investigative report calls a South Carolina zip code one of the most medically dangerous communities in the South. We'll have both of those reporters on to talk about why so many black people in Columbia, South Carolina, are getting their limbs amputated at an alarming rate.

The leadership of a town in New Jersey is accused of paying off a whistleblower who allegedly recorded town leaders making racial remarks about black people.

An art exhibit is uplifting the black man at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in Baltimore. The executive of the museum will tell us about the Men of Change.

And today's Marketplace segment, a husband and wife team created an adult coloring app depicting the black experience.

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Felons voting in NC; UNCF to launch charter schools, Suing BLM Activist, Biden Signs Anti-Lynching L Mar 30, 2022

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3.29.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Felons voting in NC; UNCF to launch charter schools, Suing BLM Activist, Biden Signs Anti-Lynching Law

With the stroke of a pen, President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law, making lynching a federal hate crime.

The United Negro College Fund is getting a financial boost from Mike Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies, to help start new public charter schools and recruit substantially more Black teachers and principals to work in them. We'll have UNCF's Vice President, Advocacy and Student Professional Development Programs here to explain.

In North Carolina, in a split decision, a three-judge panel rules felons can vote in N.C. once they leave prison. We'll discuss this groundbreaking decision with a North Carolina lawmaker, a voting rights reporter, and an attorney who is on the front lines as a defender of voting rights.

The Louisiana Supreme Court says BLM activist, Deray McKesson, can be sued by a police officer who was injured during a 2016 protest. He'll join us to talk about that decision.

Trenton, New Jersey police department releases body cam video of the shooting that left Jajuan Henderson paralyzed from the chest down.

A Florida hotel employee gets attacked by a guest. He defends himself, ends up arrested unemployed.

In today's Marketplace, a black designer makes fashion affordable with an expensive flare. Tonight, we'll be talking to the creator of Rock Deep.

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