Challenging power and standing up for the people should be central to the purpose of event’s like the annual NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, Roland Martin, a longtime journalist and commenter told Michigan Chronicle Sunday at Huntington Place.
“The question is if you represent the people and you’re acting on behalf of the people, are you challenging power and advocating for them?” Martin, 56, told Michigan Chronicle. “These kinds of events of events are so important — but only if you leave and then go do the work. Sitting up there behind the podium is great, but if you don’t come down to talk to people and see them and touch them then you can’t reach them. It’s meaningless without action.”
On stage, Martin accepted the William Monroe Trotter Freedom and Justice Award…