Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Roland Martin Roland Martin
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Other authors / contributors: | Martin, Roland S., interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Larry Crowe, interviewer. Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2012 May 2. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Television correspondent and journalist Roland Sebastian Martin was born November 11, 1968 in Houston, Texas. Roland attended Texas A&M University on an academic scholarship where he studied journalism and worked for the Bryan-College Station Eagle and for KBTV. After graduation in 1991, Martin began working at the Austin-American Statesman. He then became a city hall reporter for Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In 1995, he became a morning drive reporter with KRLD radio as sports reporter. Roland was a nationally syndicated columnist and commentator for TV One Cable Network and host of News One Now. He was the author of three publications, including Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America. He was host and managing editor of "Washington Watch with Roland Martin", a one-hour Sunday morning news show. Roland was a CNN Analyst, appearing on a variety of the networks shows. He was part of the Tom Joyner Morning Show as senior analyst.
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