Award-winning journalist Roland S. Martin will bring the funk on Election Night 2020, anchoring an exclusive live special “The Black Information Network Presents: Election 2020 – Black Votes Matter – Hosted by Roland S. Martin.” BLACK VOICES, BLACK VOTERS MATTER: #ROLANDMARTINUNFILTERED PARTNERS WITH BLACK INFORMATION NETWORK AND IHEART MEDIA TO SIMULCAST SIX HOUR ELECTION NIGHT 2020 SPECIAL
Award-winning journalist and BIN Commentator Roland S. Martin of #RolandMartinUnfiltered will bring the funk on Election Night 2020, anchoring an exclusive live special from the heart of Washington DC at Black Lives Matter Plaza, “The Black Information Network Presents: Election 2020 – Black Votes Matter – hosted by Roland Martin.”
Simulcast airs on Tuesday November 3, 2020 from 7 p.m. ET until 1 a.m. ET on #RolandMartinUnfiltered via FaceBook Live, YouTube, Periscope, and Black Information Network/IHeart Media Roland S. Martin, Host and Managing Editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered Washington, DC (November 2, 2020) Award-winning journalist and BIN Commentator Roland S. Martin of #RolandMartinUnfiltered will bring the funk on Election Night 2020, anchoring an exclusive live special from the heart of Washington DC at Black Lives Matter Plaza, “The Black Information Network Presents: Election 2020 – Black Votes Matter – hosted by Roland Martin.” The six-hour live stream and radio simulcast airs on Tuesday November 3, 2020 from 7 p.m. ET until 1 a.m. ET on #RolandMartinUnfiltered via FaceBook Live, YouTube, Periscope, and Black Information Network/IHeart Media. Providing real-time updates and analysis as the polls close and election tallies are reported nationwide on the historic race between GOP incumbents Donald Trump/ Mike Pence and Democratic challengers Joseph Biden/Kamala Harris, Martin will be joined by special guests and noted experts during the broadcast, including activists, legal scholars, HBCU professors, political media pundits and more.
Throughout the evening, Martin and his expert contributors will track and breakdown the results of important statewide and local elections around the country, then help provide key insights for Black America on the impact. “The 2020 Election is one of the most consequential we’ve seen in American history, and Black voters will play a crucial role. Our goal at #RolandMartinUnfiltered is to provide unparalleled coverage of not only the presidential and U.S. Senate races, but the many local races that impact our people,” said Martin, who serves as Host and Managing Editor. “From top scholars to civil rights lawyers to health and economic experts and politically-minded celebrities, there will be no other place — digital, cable or broadcast — that will match the plans we have for our collaboration with IHeart Media and Black Information Network on election night.” With more than 75 confirmed guests appearing during the broadcast, experts include Dr. Greg Carr Department of Afro American Studies, Howard University; Ben Chavis President, National Newspaper Publishers Association; Award-winning Actor/Director Bill Duke, Cliff Albright Co-Founder, Black Voters Matter; Derrick Johnson President, NAACP;Erica Savage Wilson Host, Savage Politics Podcast; Hamill Harris, The Washington Post; Kellye Beathea, Communications Strategist; Rashad Robinson Executive Director, Color of Change; Rev. William Barber President, North Carolina NAACP; Robert Patillo, Exec. Dir, Rainbow/PUSH Peachtree Street Project; and Tamika Mallory Co-Founder, Until Freedom, among many others. As Americans stream to the polls to have their say on who will serve as the next President, as well as choose their senators, representatives, governors, and a host of local officials, #RolandMartinUnfiltered will be there to provide coverage from every angle.
ABOUT ROLAND MARTIN
Roland S. Martin is the Host and Managing Editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered. Roland Martin Interviews Eddie Glaude, Jr. on #RolandMartinUnfiltered In his latest New York Times bestseller, “Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own,” Princeton professor of African American studies and MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude, Jr. looks at James Baldwin’s life and work as it relates to the world we’re living in right now. Courtesy of #RolandMartinUnfiltered/Nu Vision Media, Inc. Ice Cube Responds To Critics, Addresses Work On Trump’s Platinum Plan, Looks To Set Record Straight on #RolandMartinUnfiltered Rapper and actor Ice Cube has been allegedly working with Trump’s reelection campaign on issues pertaining to the Black community taken from his Contract with Black America. Ice Cube appeared on #RMU to respond to his critics, address the claims being made by he Trump administration and attempted to set the record straight as to why he is looking to press both Democrats and Republicans on issues that pertain to the African American community. Courtesy of #RolandMartinUnfiltered/Nu Vision Media, Inc. ABOUT #ROLANDMARTINUNFILTERED .#Roland Martin Unfiltered provides news and
information from an unapologetically Black perspective five days a week. Celebrating its second anniversary, the show has carved its niche as a go-to source for interviews with key newsmakers and influencers.
In depth discussion of topics across a variety of fields, including politics, education, health, entertainment, sports, African American issues and culture has been at the forefront of the #RMU mission since day one. When breaking news happens or big shifts in the culture occur, Martin has been there to document, explain and highlight those aspects of the story that most impact the African American community. Over the course of a journalistic career that has seen him interview multiple U.S. presidents to the top athletes and entertainers in Hollywood, Roland S. Martin is a journalist who has always maintained a clear sense of his calling in this world. Martin is the host and managing editor of #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the author of three books: Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith; Speak, Brother! A Black Man’s View of America; and The First: President Barack Obama’s Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin. He has been named four times by Ebony Magazine as one of the 150 Most Influential African Americans in the United States and has been named several times to The Root 100, their annual list of influential African Americans. In his career, Martin has been showered with more than 30 awards for journalistic excellence, including being named the Journalist of the Year in 2013 by the National Association of Black Journalists for his extensive focus on voter suppression and other issues of concern to African Americans during the 2012 election. He is a four-time NAACP Image Award winner, including named Best Host for two consecutive years. FOLLOW #ROLANDMARTINUNFILTERED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND
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