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Tavis Smiley

Public TV and radio broadcaster, host of The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS. His new book is The Covenant with Black America–Ten Years Later, an update on his 2006 book that outlined a national plan of action to address the top issues facing African Americans. Since the book’s publication, African-American wealth has declined, pushing them behind in nearly every key economic category.

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Part 2: Tavis Smiley & Cornel West on Growing Up Poor, Occupy Wall Street and Trayvon Martin Case

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“A Declaration of War on the Poor”: Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on the Debt Ceiling Agreement

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Tavis Smiley on Obama’s Arizona Memorial Speech, Martin Luther King and Hate in America

StoryMar 29, 2010

As Obama Visits Afghanistan, Tavis Smiley on Rev. Martin Luther King and His Opposition to the Vietnam War

StoryMar 02, 2009

Tavis Smiley on the State of the Black Union, Economic Inequality and the Obama Administration’s Boycott of the World Conference Against Racism

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Tavis Smiley to Moderate First Presidential Debate to Feature Panel Consisting Entirely of Journalists of Color

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