Defense Dept. deletes Jackie Robinson info, DOGE cuts Fair Housing Grants, DOE grants reinstated
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 20 March 2025
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3.19.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Defense Dept. deletes Jackie Robinson info, DOGE cuts Fair Housing Grants, DOE grants reinstated
The Defense Department claims it was a mistake to delete pages on the Navajo Code Talkers, black Medal of Honor recipients, Jackie Robinson, and Ira Hayes, one of the Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. Movie director Spike Lee has a lot to say about the MAGA movement's efforts to erase Black history.
Fair housing groups have filed lawsuits against HUD and DOGE regarding the cancellation of fair housing grants. Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes will explain what he is doing to combat efforts to dismantle anti-discrimination measures in housing.
It seems the Texas Governor is delaying the scheduling of a special election to fill the late Congressman Sylvester Turner's House seat. We'll speak with one candidate eager to represent the 18th Congressional District.
And March Madness has kicked off with a historic victory by Alabama State University, which defeated Saint Francis to secure the school's first tournament win.
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| 1:03.7 | Coming up on Rollin Martin Unfiltered, |
| 1:05.6 | sitting live on the Black Star Network. |
| 1:07.5 | I am here in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:09.3 | You can see behind me, the Texas State Capitol. The governor of Texas is playing games when it comes to scheduling a election for the seat of deceased Congressman Sylvester Turner, the 18th Congressional District in Houston. We'll be talking about that also with one of the folks who's running. |
| 1:29.3 | We expect as many as 15 people to throw their hats into the ring for this particular seat. |
| 1:35.9 | Also, here in Texas, they were talking about DEI on the floor of the Texas Senate. |
| 1:41.6 | You see the battles that continue to take place all across this country. |
| 1:46.1 | Also, I'm going to tell you about this massive Confederate monument that's on the ground here in Texas. |
| 1:51.8 | And if you want to understand how MAG is operating, they defend Confederate monuments, |
| 1:56.2 | yet they are removing the pages of historic African-Americans in Washington, D.C. |
| 2:02.3 | The Trump folks got busted removing the page from the Department of Defense regarding |
| 2:07.2 | Jackie Robinson's work in the U.S. Army. |
| 2:10.4 | Now they put it back, we'll be talking to Spike Lee about that. |
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