By Roland S. Martin Editor-in-Chief RolandMartinReports.com Who knew that 70 years after African American pilots had to work hard to overcome the prejudices of whites in the United States Armed Services, and the nation having its first black commander-in-chief, the men known as the Tuskegee Airmen would still be doing battle with an entrenched institution [...]
At the top of our agenda this week, it’s looking like Newt Gingrich versus Pres. Barack Obama in 2012 – that is until the voters actually vote. The President throws Osama bin Laden in Mitt Romney’s face. Has the Occupy Wall Street movement gone south for the winter? Our “Washington Watch” newsmaker, mega church pastor [...]
The latest epic from producer George Lucas has just been cast giving it the green light to start filming later in the year The movie is a world war II action adventure. Red Tails film is a fictional tale inspired by the true story of America’s first all black aerial combat unit. The film’s title [...]
It has been a long time coming, but the story of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen during World War II is finally being told in a major, Hollywood motion picture, on the big screen. Roland Martin had a chance to talk with two of the stars of “Red Tails,” Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding, Jr., and [...]
PROMINENT CLERGYMAN BISHOP T.D. JAKES AND ACTORS CUBA GOODING, JR. AND TERRENCE HOWARD ARE AMONG THE GUESTS ON WASHINGTON WATCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN DECEMBER 11 – Topics to include Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s remarks about poor children, President Obama’s response to Republican attacks and policies, the status and future of the Occupy movement, efforts to [...]