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Roland Sebastian Martin (born November 14, 1968)〔Date of birth found on the ''Texas Births, 1926-1995'', under MARTIN, ROLAND SEBASTIAN, on November 14, 1968.〕 is an American journalist and syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate and author. He is a commentator for ''TV One'' and the host of ''News One Now'', a one-hour weekday morning news show on the network. He was also a CNN contributor, appearing on a variety of shows, including ''The Situation Room'', Anderson Cooper's ''AC360'', and many others. In October 2008, he joined the ''Tom Joyner Morning Show'' as senior analyst. Books authored by Martin include ''Speak, Brother! A Black Man's View of America'', ''Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith'' and ''The First: President Barack Obama's Road to the White House as originally reported by Roland S. Martin''. ==Life and career== Martin was born in Houston, Texas. His maternal great grandparents had migrated from Haiti to Louisiana, where his family is from. He graduated with a B.S. in journalism from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in Christian communications from Louisiana Baptist University. During the 1990s, Martin was a contributor on the BET Sunday morning news program ''Lead Story''. He is the former executive editor of the ''Chicago Defender''. Martin hosts a morning radio talk show on WVON in Chicago, and was with CNN as a contributor from 2007-2013. He guest-hosted ''Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull'' while Brown was on maternity leave in April and May 2009. Martin has defended Michael Steele and other black Republicans against charges of being "Uncle Toms", arguing that the label is inappropriate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Steele, Black Republicans Not Uncle Toms or Sellouts )〕 In March 2013, Martin announced on Twitter that he was leaving CNN. His last day was on April 6, 2013. It was announced on July 9, 2013, that Martin would be the host of TV One's first live one-hour, weekday morning news program titled ''News One Now''.〔 The program premiered on November 4, 2013.〔 Martin and his family currently reside in Leesburg, Virginia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roland Martin (journalist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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