Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smileyis an American talk show host, author, liberal political commentator, entrepreneur, advocate and philanthropist. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991, and starting in 1996, he hosted the talk show BET Talkon BET. After Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth13 September 1964
CityGulfport, MS
CountryUnited States of America
The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.
Why don't we scale up those things that do work.
Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.
Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.
I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.
The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.
The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category..