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The Tri-C celebration is the longest-running MLK event hosted in
Cleveland. The event will include the presentation of the 2012
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Fund recipients and a
performance by the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra.
Martin is a CNN contributor based in Chicago and a key member of
CNN’s “Best Political Team on Television.” Since joining the
network in 2007, Martin has hosted numerous programs including
the “What Would Jesus Really Do?” series and, most recently, a
three-part series on the issues presidential candidates avoid
addressing as Election Day approaches.
A nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate,
Martin served as executive editor of the Chicago Defender, the
nation's largest black daily newspaper. He is also a commentator
for TV One Cable Network and a senior analyst for the Tom Joyner
Morning Show.
He recently released his third book, “The First: President
Barack Obama’s Road to the White House as originally reported by
Roland S. Martin.” He is also the author of “Listening to the
Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith,” and “Speak, Brother: A
Black Man's View of America.”
Martin has received more than 20 awards including being inducted
into Texas A&M’s journalism “Hall of Honor,” a regional Edward
R. Murrow award from the Radio-Television News Directors
Association and several first place awards from the Dallas-Fort
Worth Association of Black Communicators.
To reserve tickets, or to find more information, call
216-987-4805 or visit
https://forms.tri-c.edu/tickets/.
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