5.10.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: VA Confederate School Names, Galveston's Redistricting Case, Ronald Greene: 5 Years Later
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A Virginia school board votes to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school four years after the names were removed in reaction the George Floyd's death.
'Abbott Elementary' star Sheryl Lee Ralph joined Vice Presiden Kamala Harris on her reproductive health rights tour. We'll share some of that conversation.
A Galveston, Texas, redistricting case is headed to the Fifth Circuit of Appeals. The plaintiffs are trying to stop the County commissioner's court from breaking up a majority-minority district, where Black and Latino residents make up 58-percent of the electorate. The lawyer fighting for the minority voters will be here to explain the case.
On this day in 2019, Roland Greene was viciously beaten by six Louisiana State Troopers. His mother, Mona Hardin, will be here to update us on her fight for justice for her son.
And 110 years ago, Mother Viola Ford Fletcher was born. Today, one of the remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre celebrates another year.
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