Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley (; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author. 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 Talk'' (later renamed ''BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley'') on Black Entertainment Television (BET). After Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC News in 2001, BET declined to renew his contract that year. Smiley then began hosting ''The Tavis Smiley Show'' on National Public Radio (NPR) (2002–04) and hosted ''Tavis Smiley'' on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on weekdays and ''The Tavis Smiley Show'' on Public Radio International (PRI) from 2004 until 2017.
Smiley had an employment dispute with PBS in December 2017 which resulted in his suing PBS for wrongful termination. Smiley is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of SmileyAudioMedia, Inc. headquartered in Los Angeles. Since June 2021 he has served as Chief Visionary Officer for his radio station, KBLA Talk 1580. Provided by Wikipedia
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Hard left : straight talk about the wrongs of the Right / by Smiley, Tavis, 1964-
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How to make Black America better : leading African Americans speak out / by Smiley, Tavis, 1964-
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Death of a King : the real story of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final year / by Smiley, Tavis, 1964-, Ritz, David
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Sunday morning. Tavis Smiley on poverty in America /
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Sunday morning. Tavis Smiley on the birther movement /
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Sunday morning. poverty /
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The covenant in action /
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