Roland Martin (Journalist)

Roland S. Martin ( born November 14, 1968 in Houston, Texas) is an American journalist.

Roland Martin was born in 1968 as the son of an African-American family in Houston, Texas. After visiting the Jack Yates High Schhool he studied from 1987 on a scholarship at Texas A & M University. 1991 he received a bachelor's degree. The master's degree ( in the subject " Christian Communuications " ) acquired Martin only after he had already been long years in professional life, in May 2008, at Louisiana Baptist University.

Martin wrote for many years for the journal Chicago Defender, for which he also took out legislative functions. After that, he was discovered as a talk -host of the radio. Currently, he hosts a morning show in this capacity for the station WVON in Chicago. In addition, Martin in March 2007 as a commentator for CNN. For this he hosts each Saturday a private broadcasting system. He also is a frequent member of the panel discussion in other shows such as CNN The Situation Room ( with Wolf Blitzer ) Larry King Live ( with Larry King) or AC 360 ( Anderson Cooper), in which he the next other figures political life, his mind and / or analysis of current political and social events contributing. In February 2012, Martin was suspended from duty on CNN, he was noticed by multiple homophobic comments on the Internet and in the media.

Roland Martin is married to Jacquie Hood Martin.

Writings

• Speak, Brother! A Black Man 's View of America