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NEWS ABOUT: Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley stories: 3 news summaries

 Prince Recalls 
 Childhood 
 Epilepsy, 
 Seizures 

Musician opens up about his past on Tavis Smiley

Apr 28, 09 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prince suffered from epilepsy as a child, the musician told Tavis Smiley on his PBS show last night. "I've never spoken about this before, but I was born epileptic, and I used to have seizures when I was young," Prince told Smiley. "My mother and father didn't... More »

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music • seizure • epilepsy • musician • Tavis Smiley • Prince • childhood • seizures

Smiley Quits Radio Show After Obama Remarks

'He can't take the
hate,' host says

Apr 12, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tavis Smiley is quitting as political analyst for a national radio show after comments he made about Barack Obama, the Washington Post reports. Smiley says he’s leaving the “Tom Joyner Morning Show” for personal reasons, but Joyner says otherwise. “The real reason is that he can’t... More »

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talk radio • race relations • Obama 2008 • Tavis Smiley • African-American voters

Why GOP No-Shows Are Dissing Minorities

Critics say that top contenders focused
on core white base

Sep 27, 07 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The African-American audience watching tonight's GOP presidential debate will see four empty lecterns representing the front-runners who declined to participate. Since the top three also declined a Spanish-language forum, the Los Angeles Times wonders why they're snubbing minority voters. Scheduling-conflict excuses don't cut it; more plausible is fear of alienating... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Fred Thompson • Univision • Tavis Smiley • African-American voters • George W. Bush

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