Tavis Smiley
Autor(a) de The Covenant with Black America
About the Author
"Tavis Smiley's efforts to create a positive movement toward a better life for all Americans and in particular to develop a new process of hope for African Americans is an historic undertaking which will profoundly improve America's future." -Newt Gingrich, former Speaker, U.S. House of mostrar mais Representatives mostrar menos
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Obras de Tavis Smiley
Associated Works
The Unfinished Agenda of Brown v. Board of Education (Landmarks in Civil Rights History) (2004) — Introdução, algumas edições — 22 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1964-09-13
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Educação
- Indiana University
- Ocupação
- radio producer
television producer
publisher
philanthropist - Organizações
- The Smiley Group, Inc.
Tavis Smiley Foundation
Public Broadcasting Service
Public Radio International
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 19
- Also by
- 3
- Membros
- 1,131
- Popularidade
- #22,701
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 10
- ISBNs
- 70
- Idiomas
- 1
- Favorito
- 1
There were a couple of small irritations with the book for me. Smiley insisted on continually referring to MLK as "Doc," which was his nickname among his friends and advisors. I didn't feel that was necessarily appropriate here and it irked me from time to time, though not seriously. Also, Smiley relatively frequently writes as if he knows King's thoughts. He explains this in his introduction, saying he only does this when his interviews with King's close advisors reveal what these people felt sure King was thinking, or sometimes what he said to them. I was willing to give Smiley the benefit of the doubt on this effect, basically trusting that he had the ideas and emotions correct. Somebody who knew King might have a different idea.
All in all, I thought this book was very much worth reading, though frequently depressing. I had tended to think of King's live as mostly single-toned, if that makes sense. King was just King, the great man who sometimes had his missteps but was consistent in the long run. Understanding the that the enormous pressures of the times--the discord, hatred and doubt--had on King during his last year only adds to my esteem for his life and what he was able to accomplish.… (mais)