For iPhone: This Thursday, broadcaster Tavis Smiley joins a very elite group. The author, radio and TV host and activist will get his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Smiley wanted to share his gratitude with the Tom Joyner Morning Show because he says the 12 years he spent on the show helped […]
Guess who’s making an appearance at the Civil Rights Summit? (Photo Source: BlackAmericaWeb.com)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tavis Smiley, who has brought rare diversity to late-night TV for a decade on PBS, will add another two years to his run. The “Tavis Smiley” show has been renewed through 2015, PBS said Thursday. “The highlight for me is surviving,” Smiley said, noting the growing competitiveness in the late-night talk […]
Tavis Smiley has gone in on President Obama again. If you missed it, last week he was on “Hannity” on Fox News to debate the government shutdown and out of that appearance, Smiley said that the lot of black Americans has not improved under this current presidency. “Are black Americans better off five years into […]
The National Black Church Initiative has a stern message for folks who have been critical of Tavis Smiley and Cornel West: Leave them alone. “Take your hands off these brothers,” the NBCI says in a statement. “They Are Our Black Princes.” The National Black Church Initiative, (NBCI) a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of […]
One thing you don’t play with is J. Anthony Brown‘s love for Kool-Aid. Sorry, Tavis Smiley but in the words of JAB, ‘dissing Kool-Aid, you’ve gone too damn far’!
Jeff Johnson is back with 3 Things You Should Know including Tavis Smiley bashing President Obama in regards to his thoughts on the Zimmerman verdict.…
Is anyone black enough for Cornel West? Not only is West criticizing President Barack Obama at every turn, but now, for reasons that are unclear, West has taken aim at MSNBC, calling it a “Rent-A-Negro” network and then criticizing Rev. Al Sharpton for being on the “Obama plantation.” “I think that it’s been decrepit though, […]
I suppose Cornel West just couldn’t help himself. One day after his sidekick, Tavis Smiley, ripped President Barack Obama on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” West called Obama a “global George Zimmerman” during a rambling critique where West accused Obama of being hypocritical in his response to the Travyon Martin killing and George Zimmerman’s acquittal. “We […]
Comedian Dominique jokes with the crew about Siohvaughn Wade not being broke with “weave down to the floor” and Tavis Smiley being so angry with President Obama.
Take a listen to find out what Tom, Sybil and J. Anthony Brown had to say about Tavis Smiley‘s Kool-Aid comments.on President Obama’s Trayvon Martin speech.
President Barack Obama finally told his truth about being black and male in America, a powerful 19-minute testimony that black people have been waiting to hear and white people needed to know. In a deeply personal reflection about racial polarization, Obama used his White House bully pulpit to steadfastly align himself with black men in […]
