1.10.2022 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: GA Voting Groups warn Biden-Harris; 2 Black NC men murdered; Remembering Guinier, Mtume, Simon, Craig

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be heading to Georgia to speak on voting rights. Several voting rights organizations say the time for speeches is over. It's time to pass voting rights legislation. Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter, Cliff Albright, explains why the Coalition of Georgia Advocates is fed up with the pandering.

Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death, and shedding those pounds could lessen your chance of dying from Covid. We have an expert who will break down a study that finds found people with obesity are 46-percent more at risk of getting the virus.

Two black men are dead in North Carolina. One is shot dead in the middle of traffic by a white man, the other by a white off-duty police officer.  We'll tell you the details of both.

Plus, a white teacher in Kentucky is fired for racially insensitive comments to a black student.  

And we'll have some civil rights giants to pay tribute to Lani Guinier. We'll be joined by some musical icons and the daughters of James Mtume, Ife and Benin.  

We are also paying tribute to one of the founding members of Parliament-Funkadelic, Calvin Simon, and film producer Carl Craig.

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