From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2006-03-02 20:01:45
www.canofun.com/blog… www.belafonte-asiteo… Tavis Smiley presents “The 7th Annual State of the Black Union.” Feb. 25, 2006 – Three dozen African-American leaders join author and broadcaster Tavis Smiley and radio personality Tom Joyner to discuss economic issues facing Black communities. The symposium is titled, “Economic Empowerment: Building and Leveraging Wealth in the Black Community & Defining the African American Agenda Part II.” It explores topics such as entrepreneurship, investing, jobs, the economy and setting the African American agenda. Panelists in Part 2: Harry Belafonte, Naim Akbar, Raymond Brown, U.S. Rep. Melvin Watt, Cornel West, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, Bishop Harry Jackson, Rep. Jennette Bradley, Nikki Giovanni. (SEE LIVE TAPE ON CSPAN)
