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First Lady Michelle Obama and Roland S. Martin
You are a graduate from Texas A&M University,
class of 1991. You’ve won over 30 awards one of
which was the NAACP Image Award for Best
Interview for “In Conversation: The Michelle
Obama Interview.” Also, the winner of the
N A A C P I m a g e Aw a r d f o r B e s t
Interview for “In Conversation: The
Sen. Barack Obama Interview.”
What did it mean to you to win two
NAACP Image Award?
The Senator Barack Obama
interview was in 2008 and the
Michelle Obama interview was in 2009.
We won those back-to-back. Both took
place during the election season. Those
were my first two NAACP Image Award
nominations and wins for TVOne.
Those awards were important to the
network because we were an up-start
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