AL Congressional Maps Redrawn, FL Voting Rights Law, Menthol Cigarettes & Black Health Equity
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 632 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2023
⏱️ 119 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
7.20.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: AL Congressional Maps Redrawn, FL Voting Rights Law, Menthol Cigarettes & Black Health Equity
In Alabama, Republicans pass a proposed congressional map that draws intense criticism from Black lawmakers. An LDF Political Participation Fellow will be here to help us understand the controversy and its impact on voting rights.
Tuesday, we told you about Louisiana's Angola State Prison allegations highlighting the treatment of primarily Black boys detained in the former death row building. The Deputy Director of the ACLU's National Prison Project will be here to update us on the case.
Nikki Fried, the head of Florida's Democratic Committee, will join us to discuss the state's voting laws, and the president of Kappa Alpha Psi will explain why they are joining forces to denounce Gov. Ron DeSantis's racist policies.
And we're looking at the health disparities associated with tobacco-related illness in the black community. The President and CEO of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids will shed light on the critical importance of eliminating menthol cigarettes and the impact it can have on Black health.
Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV.
The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. "
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.4 | Creativity is personal. |
| 0:06.2 | Your tools should be too. |
| 0:07.7 | Lenovo offers a wide range of devices to match your creative workflow with powerful GPUs, |
| 0:13.0 | color accurate displays and AI tools that help spark, shape and share your vision. |
| 0:17.6 | From morning hustle to midnight render, Lenovo delivers power that never sleeps because neither do you. One device, all your vision. From morning hustle to midnight render, Lenovo delivers power that never |
| 0:21.8 | sleeps, because neither do you. One device, all your worlds. Shop now at Lenovo.com |
| 0:27.3 | slash back to school. Bold ideas brought to life wherever inspiration strikes. |
| 0:36.3 | It's Thursday, July 20th, 2023. |
| 0:40.2 | I'm Greg Carr sitting in for Roland tonight. |
| 0:43.0 | Here's what's coming up on Roland Martin Unfiltered, |
| 0:46.8 | streaming live on the Black Star Network. |
| 0:49.6 | In Alabama, Republicans pass a proposed congressional map |
| 0:52.8 | that draws intense criticism from |
| 0:55.4 | black lawmakers. |
| 0:57.2 | A Legal Defense Fund political participation fellow will be here to help us understand the controversy |
| 1:01.9 | and its impact on voting rights. |
| 1:04.7 | Tuesday we told you about Louisiana's infamous Angola State Prison allegations highlighting |
| 1:09.6 | the treatment of primarily black boys detained in the former death row building. |
| 1:14.6 | The Deputy Director of the American Civil Liberties Union's National Prison Project will be here to update us on the case. |
| 1:21.6 | Nikki Fried, head of Florida's Democratic Party, will join us to discuss the state's voting laws and the president of Kappa, I'm sorry, forgive me Kappa Alpha, Inc. the grand poll mark of Kappa Alpha Psiah will explain why they are joining forces to denounce Governor Ron DeSantis's racist policies. |
| 1:43.1 | And we're looking at the health disparities |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.