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Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley is a nationally known intellectual, activist, political commentator, entrepreneur, and radio and television personality. He founded the ground-breaking and historic State of the Black Union series. Mr. Smiley has authored several best-selling books, including The Covenant and The Covenant in Action.

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Feb 25, 2009
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Accountable is now available in eBook
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PublishersWeekly.com, February 10, 2012
...to Stand in Your Truth and Create the Future You Deserve (Spiegel & Grau, 978-0812982138), will be on Tavis Smiley. William Broad, author of The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards (Simon & Schuster, 978-1451641424), will be on NPR's Science...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 7, 2012
...Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 978-0547773988), will be on Tavis Smiley. Margot Livesey will be on The Leonard Lopate Show to talk about her novel The Flight of Gemma Hardy (Harper, 978-0062064226)....
EURweb, February 5, 2012
...women and girls across their lifespan physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. In support of the book, published by Tavis Smiley’s SmileyBooks and co-authored by Hilary Beard (an award-winning health journalist specializing in health,...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 1, 2012
...Michael Hastings will be on Tavis Smiley for his book The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan (Blue Rider Press, 978-0399159886). Adam Johnson will talk about his new novel...
FOX 5 KVVU-TV, February 1, 2012
...produces and presents such acclaimed PBS series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, Need to Know, Charlie Rose, Tavis Smiley and a range of documentaries, children's programs, and local news and cultural offerings available on air and...
Interest!ALERT, January 31, 2012
...of NJTV, WNET produces and presents such acclaimed PBS series as Nature, Great Performances, American Masters, , Charlie Rose, Tavis Smiley and a range of documentaries, children's programs, and local news and cultural offerings available on air and...
Nazret.com, January 25, 2012
...inaugural edition of Who’s Who in Black Los Angeles along with such distinguished individuals as Steve Wonder, Tavis Smiley, Kobe Bryant, Isaiah Washington and Dr. Maulana Karenga. He was also profiled in a special edition of the LA Weekly as one the...
EURweb, September 30, 2011
...* Tavis Smiley has been bringing to front the issue of poverty in America for a little while now. And with a special broadcast, he’ll be putting a human face on...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com, September 21, 2011
...about the media reaction to the text thus far. The full conversation airs tonight on PBS.   Follow Tavis Smiley on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tavissmiley...
The Fab Empire, September 21, 2011
...going down at Mt. Vernon Place (600 North Charles). Some of the star authors include: Common, Terry McMillan, Tavis Smiley, Shirley Strawberry, Kimberla Lawson Roby, Roland Martin and more. Throughout the three-day festival, stages and tents host...
EURweb, September 13, 2011
...*Tonight  “Tavis Smiley Reports: Too Important to Fail” will air at 8 pm (7 pm Central) on PBS. Author, activist and journalist Tavis Smiley issues yet anothor of his primetime specials.  This...
The Fifth Column, August 11, 2011
...renamed BET Tonight) on BET.The Loop 21Earlier this week during his syndicated morning radio show, Steve Harvey went in on Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West for their constant criticisms of President Barack Obama.After reading an email from a...
DryerBuzz News, Podcast and NetTV, August 10, 2011
...and Thriving , and explains the difference between being broke and being poor. Watch the full episode . See more Tavis Smiley. As Bennett College president, Dr. Julianne Malveaux helps shape the opinions of hundreds of young women. An economist,...
THIRTEEN, July 21, 2011
...brother” Michael Mattocks. The book was featured in a PBS NewsHour conversation that aired last month.”     Tavis Smiley, Tavis Smiley “ Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable. Professor Manning Marable vast contribution to...