Tavis Smiley

Source: www.moreover.com --- 30 days ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Tavis Smiley is all wound up. ...

Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com --- 21 days ago
Big profile of Tavis Smiley in this week's New Yorker. Among the many tidbits, this: By 1987, he was back in Los Angeles, where he worked as an aide to [Mayor Tom] Bradley, then made an unsuccessful run for the... ...

Source: www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com --- 30 days ago
The talk show host says "there is no such thing in America as race transcendence, and Obama's going to find that out real soon." ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 30 days ago
LOS ANGELES — Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from too much vocalizing, but the host of public television's "Tavis Smiley" talk show and public radio's "The Tavis Smiley Show" is on an oratorical roll about race, politics, and his fellow African-American, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. "There is no such thing in America as race transcendence, and Obama's going to find that out real soon," says Smiley, leaning into his words. As he sermonizes, he sheds suit jacket, tie and belt in succession, getting comfy in his spacious suite at KCET in Los Angeles after taping two installments of "Tavis Smiley" (Monday-Friday in various time-slots on PBS stations). Despite the peaceful vibe inside his sanctuary, with its African masks and scented candle, Smiley frowns. "There's no such thing as 'post-racial' in America, because if you push the envelope too far, you're going to hear about it." Smiley should know. For months he has been the object of an Internet firestorm for his perceived negative comments about Obama on commercial radio's syndicated "The Tom Joyner Morning Show." Smiley found himself between race and a hard place when he criticized Obama on-air for choosing not to appear on Smiley's annual State of the Black Union cablecast on C-SPAN in February. Smiley's remarks sparked a blaze of invective by African-American bloggers, who questioned Smiley's loyalty, motives and ego. After 12 years ...

Source: ca.prweb.com --- 9 days ago
Tavis Smiley targets college students for the future of Black leadership and hopes to inspire new leaders from five of the nation's universities. (PRWeb Aug 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://ca.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1194114.htm ...

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 9 days ago
Earlier today, I sat down with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. During the conversation, I asked her about the military crisis in the Republic of Georgia and her views on President Bush's decision to attend the Olympics in Beijing. The full conversation airs tonight on PBS. ...

Source: jam.canoe.ca --- 30 days ago
LOS ANGELES - Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from too much vocalizing, but the host of public television's "Tavis Smiley" talk show and public radio's "The Tavis Smiley Show" is on an oratorical roll about race, politics, and his fellow African-American, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. ...

Source: www.miamiherald.com --- 29 days ago
Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from too much vocalizing, but the host of public television's "Tavis Smiley" talk show and public radio's "The Tavis Smiley Show" is on an oratorical roll about race, politics, and his fellow African-American, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. ...

Source: www.hiphopdx.com --- 1 day ago
Nas talks to Tavis Smiley about his album and his biggest foe - the media. ...

Source: www.newsbusters.org --- 45 days ago
Here’s more proof PBS is a sandbox for the left: The featured interview right now on the website of the Tavis Smiley show on PBS is a June 30 conversation with hard-left journalist Jeremy Scahill , who has worked for a while for the radical-left Pacifica Radio network and now also works for the leftist Nation Institute. Scahill’s written a book critical of Blackwater, the private security firm, and Smiley demanded that President Obama shut them down and asked Scahill to chat up the latest legislation from the hard left in Congress (Jan Schakowsky in the House, Bernie Sanders in the Senate). Smiley highlighted how much he likes to "showcase" investigative reporting like you can read in The Nation. Smiley: If we have a military that is trained to do the same thing that Blackwater is trained to do, and when they misbehave, because they're part of the military they can be brought to justice, which is the American way -- pardon the pun. Why would a guy like President Obama not be able to shut this thing down? If everything you're saying in this book about Blackwater is true, why would a guy who believes in human rights, et cetera, et cetera, who wants change we can believe in, not shut something like this down? SCAHILL: Not just that. As I said, Obama has been a leader on this issue. Here's the fact of the matter, though, Tavis. The U.S. military does not want to do this job. The U.S. military does not want to put soldiers in a positio ...

Source: www.theroot.com --- 25 days ago
Walking down Mr. Black America's path to fame may lead to the same trap. ...

Source: www.kqed.org --- 21 days ago
Tavis talks with author Salman Rushdie (r) and actor James McAvoy (r) Go to KQED.org for additional air times and email reminders, or go to this program's official site . ...

Source: www.rap-up.com --- 2 days ago
Check out Plies’ video for “Watch Dis” off Definition of Real. Look for his third album The Realest this December. Preview Common’s two new videos and watch Nas’ appearance on “Tavis Smiley” below. ...

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Source: hiphop.popcrunch.com --- 3 days ago
Nas on Tavis Smiley-August 14, 2008 ...

Source: www.shallownation.com --- 3 days ago
Nas was interviewed on "Tavis Smiley" on PBS on August 14, 2008. He discussed his recently released album, Untitled, Barack Obama's Presidential campaign (Nas is on Obama's iPod), the Fox News controversy and the influence of hip hop worldwide. Nas' talent comes naturally, since his father, Olu Dara, is one of ... ...

Source: www.thelifefiles.com --- 4 days ago
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Source: staycspits.wordpress.com --- 16 days ago
Among African-Americans, in particular, an Obama victory in November would probably be celebrated as if it were a national holiday. (Even Smiley says, “If the brother wins, I’m gon’ be on the front line of the electric slide-I’m gon’ be there celebrating, like everybody else.”) But it could also be traumatic for anyone who makes [...] ...