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Charles R. Smith Jr. Joins Tavis Smiley
Charles R. Smith, author of the NAACP Image Award–nominated book “Black Diamond Kings: Heroes of Negro League Baseball,” shares his homage to 12 of t…
4 months, 1 week ago
Kenan Kamwana Holley Joins Tavis Smiley
Kenan Kamwana Holley, the two-time Emmy Award-winning director of the documentary series “Soul Power: The Legend of the American Basketball Associati…
4 months, 1 week ago
Ruth E. Carter Joins Tavis Smiley
Ruth E. Carter, the two-time Academy Award winner and five-time nominee for best costume design, returns to celebrate the success of “Sinners” and it…
4 months, 1 week ago
Sheryll Cashin Joins Tavis Smiley
Sheryll Cashin, former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and professor of law, civil rights and social justice at Georgetown …
4 months, 1 week ago
Dr. Cornel West and Tavis Smiley Discuss Rev. Jesse Jackson's Legacy
Leading public intellectual, author, scholar and special contributor Dr. Cornel West talks to Tavis about how Rev. Jesse Jackson was a moral and spir…
4 months, 1 week ago
Dr. Norman C. Francis Tribute
This week, it was announced that Dr. Norman C. Francis — civil rights leader and longtime president of Xavier University — has passed away at 94.
Toda…
4 months, 1 week ago
Dean Stroud Joins Tavis Smiley
Dean Stroud, professor emeritus of German studies at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, former Presbyterian pastor, and editor of “Preaching in H…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Mustafa Santiago Ali Joins Tavis Smiley
Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, executive vice president of the National Wildlife Federation and founder and president of Revitalization Strategies, explai…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Amy Wilentz Joins Tavis Smiley
Amy Wilentz, author and UC Irvine English professor, gives an update on the current political turmoil in Haiti, where U.S. warships arrived along its…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Gerald “Jerry” Austin Joins Tavis Smiley
Gerald “Jerry” Austin, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1988 campaign manager, reflects on the civil rights leader’s political legacy and how he changed the Demo…
4 months, 2 weeks ago