ATL mayor exec. order against Ga. voter law; Big biz boycott looms; St. Louis 1st Black female mayor
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 8 April 2021
⏱️ 141 minutes
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4.7.21 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: ATL mayor issues exec. order against Ga. voter suppression law; Big biz boycott looms as Black clergy meet with Coke, Delta and Home Depot; St. Louis gets its 1st Black female mayor; Black Lt. Gov., Justin Fairfax squabbles with former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in gubernatorial debate; Pharrell Williams calls for a federal investigation into the police shooting of his cousin; The CBS Shakeup Continues; Target to spend more than $2B with black-owned businesses by 2025; We'll pay tribute to Midwin Charles; Major concerns over COVID vaccine access in Africa
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:15.7 | Today is Wednesday, April 7, 2020, coming up on Roller Martin Unfiltered. |
| 0:21.5 | Georgians continue to fight for their right to vote. |
| 0:24.4 | Atlanta mayor, Keishelands Bottoms, has issued an executive order that addresses the issue. |
| 0:29.3 | Will all AME church post-prone plan business boycotts will protest at the Masters Tournament? |
| 0:35.7 | Also attorney, also there in Georgia, the district attorney. |
| 0:41.4 | Fannie Willis says no charters will be filed against Georgia State Senator Parker Cannon |
| 0:45.5 | for trying to get into the room where Governor Brian Kemp was signing the voter suppression bill. |
| 0:51.0 | Also, last night, DeShar Jones became the first black woman mayor of St. Louis. |
| 0:56.6 | I talked with her today in an exclusive interview. |
| 0:59.5 | It is date eight of the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. |
| 1:01.4 | We have highlights of today's testimonies. |
| 1:04.2 | And in Virginia, last night as gubernatorial debate between Justin and Fairfax, Terry McCullough, and several others. |
| 1:08.8 | Got a little heated when Fairfax invoked. |
| 1:13.0 | Emmett Teal and George Floyd in going after McCullough, who called for his resignation when there were sexual assault allegations level against Fairfax. |
| 1:22.7 | Wait until we show you what took place. |
| 1:24.5 | Also in Virginia, Farrell is calling for a thorough investigation into the killing of his cousin |
| 1:29.3 | during spring break in Virginia Beach. And Target announced plans to spend $2 billion |
| 1:35.1 | with black owned businesses by 2025. Yeah, I've got some questions, and I'm still not |
| 1:42.7 | satisfied. Remember those two CBS TV execs that the National Association of Black Journalists call for |
| 1:48.4 | their firing? |
| 1:50.0 | I was involved in that. |
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