Roland Talks to a Black Trump Supporter, Voting Rights Act Under Attack, AL Riverboat Captain Speaks
#RolandMartinUnfiltered
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🗓️ 21 November 2023
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11.20.2023 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Roland Talks to a Black Trump Supporter, Voting Rights Act Under Attack, AL Riverboat Captain Speaks
He says Donald Trump has done more for black people than any other president. Mark Fisher is in the studio to explain why he's endorsing Trump in 2024.
The 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals says private entities cannot bring lawsuits under a provision of the law, known as Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Kareem Crayton, from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School, and Damon Hewitt, the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, will help us break down the real implications of this ruling.
The Black Alabama riverboat co-captain who was attacked is facing assault charges. He's on the show tonight to tell his side of what happened on August 5.
An HBCU will be the site of a 2024 presidential debate.
And it's Diabetes Awareness Month. In our Fit, Live, Win segment, I'll talk to a young woman who "beat" diabetes.
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| 1:11.6 | Thank you. wherever inspiration strikes. Folks, today is Monday, November 20th, 2020, coming up on Rollin Martin on Filters streaming live on the Black Star Network, a huge decision by the Eighth Circuit, a conservative circuit, saying that Section 2, the Voting Rights Act, they actually rule |
| 1:16.8 | that individuals and organizations cannot sue using Section 2 only the Department of Justice, |
| 1:23.5 | which kind of makes no sense because that's actually what the 15th Amendment is all about. |
| 1:29.0 | We'll talk with the head of the Laws Committee for Civil Rights under law about that. |
| 1:33.0 | Also, we'll talk with the Brennan Center. |
| 1:35.7 | This could be the case that Clarence Thomas has been waiting for to completely get rid of the Voting Rights Act. |
| 1:43.5 | So we'll talk about that impact on African Americans because it was section two that was used |
| 1:49.7 | to make sure we got those new black congressional districts in Louisiana as well as Alabama. |
| 1:57.0 | Also on today's show, the black Alabama Riverboat co-captain who was attacked. |
| 2:03.7 | He is facing assault charges. |
| 2:05.8 | He will join us right here on the show to talk about that. |
| 2:09.8 | Also, an HBCU, Virginia State, is going to be the site of a 2024 presidential debate. |
| 2:15.6 | Well, that's if Donald Trump actually agrees to any of those debates, |
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