Black Political Pundits

See photos of the top Black political pundits | Donna Brazile | Juan Williams | Michelle Bernard | Clarence Page | Kelli Goff | Keith Boykin | Amy Holmes | Joe Watkins | Terence Samuel |

Michelle Bernard - Michelle D. Bernard is the president of the Independent Women's Forum. Media  appearances include MSNBC, ABC News Now, ABC Radio, America's Black Forum, BBC Radio, Black Americas Web.

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Michelle Bernard - Michelle D. Bernard is the president of the Independent Women's Forum. Media appearances include MSNBC, ABC News Now, ABC Radio, America's Black Forum, BBC Radio, Black Americas Web.

Roland S. Martin - Roland is a regular political contributor on CNN. He is also a syndicated columnist, radio talk show host and author.

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Roland S. Martin - Roland is a regular political contributor on CNN. He is also a syndicated columnist, radio talk show host and author.

Juan Williams - Juan Williams is an Emmy Award winning American writer. He's a regular contributor on Fox News.

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Juan Williams - Juan Williams is an Emmy Award winning American writer. He's a regular contributor on Fox News.

Donna Brazile - Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN's The Situation Room and American Morning and in CNN's Election Coverage. She was also the first African American woman to run a major political campaign (Al Gore 2004).

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Donna Brazile - Brazile is a weekly contributor and political commentator on CNN's The Situation Room and American Morning and in CNN's Election Coverage. She was also the first African American woman to run a major political campaign (Al Gore 2004).

Clarence Page - Clarence Page is a journalist, syndicated columnist and member of the editorial board for the Chicago Tribune. He is an occasional panelist on The McLaughlin Group, a regular contributor of essays to NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and many other political talk shows.

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Clarence Page - Clarence Page is a journalist, syndicated columnist and member of the editorial board for the Chicago Tribune. He is an occasional panelist on The McLaughlin Group, a regular contributor of essays to NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and many other political talk shows.

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Eugene Robinson - Robinson is a newspaper columnist and assistant managing editor for The Washington Post. Robinson appears frequently on MSNBC as a political analyst.

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Eugene Robinson - Robinson is a newspaper columnist and assistant managing editor for The Washington Post. Robinson appears frequently on MSNBC as a political analyst.

Jamal Simmons - Simmons is President of New Future Communications. He's a regular political analyst with CNN and has also appeared on MSNBC and the Fox News Channel.

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Jamal Simmons - Simmons is President of New Future Communications. He's a regular political analyst with CNN and has also appeared on MSNBC and the Fox News Channel.

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Harold Ford Jr. - Ford is the current chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. Ford is currently a political analyst for MSNBC, prior to that he was a political contributor for Fox News.

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Harold Ford Jr. - Ford is the current chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) and is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee. Ford is currently a political analyst for MSNBC, prior to that he was a political contributor for Fox News.

Hot Seat - RNC Chairman Michael Steele marked 100 days in office this week. But instead of celebrating, he found himself at the center of a few controversies. He slammed Democrats, including Pres. Obama, in a speech that many say fell flat. Now, some of the top brass of his party are  coming after him with claims that he hires friends and overpays them.

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Michael Steele - Steele is the chairman of the Republican political action group, GOPAC. He is a regular political contributor for Fox News.

Amy Holmes - Holmes is a Republican strategist and political contributor for CNN and FOX News Channel.

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Amy Holmes - Holmes is a Republican strategist and political contributor for CNN and FOX News Channel.

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Kelli Goff - Kelli Goff is a popular blogger, author and commentator. She's appeared on a number of programs including: CNN's "Paula Zahn Now," "Reliable Sources," "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity & Colmes" and MSNBC.

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Kelli Goff - Kelli Goff is a popular blogger, author and commentator. She's appeared on a number of programs including: CNN's "Paula Zahn Now," "Reliable Sources," "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity & Colmes" and MSNBC.

Keith Boykin - Keith Boykin is the editor of TheDailyVoice.com. He is a New York Times best-selling author of three books, and a frequent political commentator on CNN.

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Keith Boykin - Keith Boykin is a lawyer, author and the editor of The Daily Voice online newspaper. He is a host of the BET television show "My Two Cents" and a frequent political commentator on CNN. he has appeared on "Anderson Cooper 360," "The O'Reilly Factor," "The Tyra Banks Show," "The Montel Williams Show," and "The Tom Joyner Morning Show."

Terence Samuel - Terence Samuel is deputy editor of TheRoot.com and a former senior editor at U.S. News and World Report. He has appeared on PBS's "Washington Week," "Hardball" on MSNBC, CNN International and Fox News."

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Terence Samuel - Terence Samuel is deputy editor of TheRoot.com and a former senior editor at U.S. News and World Report. He has appeared on PBS's "Washington Week," "Hardball" on MSNBC, CNN International and Fox News."

Joe Perkins - Joseph Perkins is national affairs columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune and a member of the newspaper's editorial board. Perkins has appeared on "Good Morning America," the "CBS Morning Show," ABC's "This Week," PBS' "NewsHour," CNN, C-SPAN, CNBC and MSNBC. He's also been a guest on MTV and ABC's "Politically Incorrect."

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Joe Perkins - Joseph Perkins is national affairs columnist for The San Diego Union-Tribune and a member of the newspaper's editorial board. Perkins has appeared on "Good Morning America," the "CBS Morning Show," ABC's "This Week," PBS' "NewsHour," CNN, C-SPAN, CNBC and MSNBC. He's also been a guest on MTV and ABC's "Politically Incorrect."

Michael Eric Dyson - Dyson is a college professor and the author of 16 books, including Holler if You Hear Me and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. He was the host of a daily syndicated talk radio program, "The Michael Eric Dyson Show," and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio, CNN, and the HBO TV program Real Time with Bill Maher American cultures and influence on American popular culture.

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Michael Eric Dyson - Dyson is a college professor and the author of 16 books, including Holler if You Hear Me and I May Not Get There With You: The True Martin Luther King Jr. He was the host of a daily syndicated talk radio program, "The Michael Eric Dyson Show," and is a regular commentator on National Public Radio, CNN, and the HBO TV program Real Time with Bill Maher American cultures and influence on American popular culture.

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Pamela Gentry - Pamela Gentry covers politics for BET News and writes a political blog for BET.com, “Pamela on Politics.”  Gentry is a member of the White House Correspondents Association and appears on WUSA-TV 9, WJLA-TV,  Fox News, CNN, the BBC, WOL Radio’s The Joe Madison Show; XM Radio’s presidential talk show POTUS ’08;  Chicago’s WVON Radio, “The Roland Martin Show;” and The White House Chronicles on PBS.

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Pamela Gentry - Pamela Gentry covers politics for BET News and writes a political blog for BET.com, “Pamela on Politics.” Gentry is a member of the White House Correspondents Association and appears on WUSA-TV 9, WJLA-TV, Fox News, CNN, the BBC, WOL Radio’s The Joe Madison Show; XM Radio’s presidential talk show POTUS ’08; Chicago’s WVON Radio, “The Roland Martin Show;” and The White House Chronicles on PBS.

Joe Watkins - Watkins can be heard on the Philadelphia radio station, The Big Talker 1210 in addition to his television appearances on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News. He is also a pastor of a Lutheran Church.

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Joe Watkins - Watkins can be heard on the Philadelphia radio station, The Big Talker 1210 in addition to his television appearances on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News. He is also a pastor of a Lutheran Church.