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The RZA Tavis Smiley Interview

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Texas Southern, Smiley Part Ways

— blogs.bet.com — The Tavis Smiley Communication School at Texas Southern University (TSU) will be renamed as school’s governing board voted to cut ties with the author and journalist for not delivering on his pledge to raise $2 million for the historically Black college. According to the Houston ... Texas Southern, Smiley Part Ways

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Clutch Magazine:  Daily News Feed 10.27.2009/Vocab: punctilious

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Wonder what the real story is behind the Travis naming gift to TSU http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6683539.html 26 days ago

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6683539.html - TSU drops broadcaster 26 days ago

RT @WilliamJamal: Ummm, Tavis Smiley....this is a little disgraceful: http://bit.ly/34vAnE ... Wow, but it doesn't surprise me. 26 days ago

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Daily News Feed 10.27.2009/Vocab: punctilious
Clutch Magazine — ... TSU drops Tavis Smiley’s name from school A long-simmering disagreement between broadcaster Tavis Smiley and Texas Southern University ended Friday when the university’s governing board agreed to strip Smiley’s name from its communication school. Smiley promised in 2004 to donate $1 million and to raise another $1 million for TSU. The school later created the Tavis Smiley School of Communication in his honor. In return, Smiley made one $50,000 donation in mid-2005 and raised $250,000 from three corporate donors. But he said Friday that he had intended to fulfill his personal ...

Texas Southern, Smiley Part Ways
News You Should Know | BET.com — ... According to the Houston Chronicle, Smiley agreed in 2004 to personally donate $200,000 annually for a period of five years as well as raise $1 million through private and corporate donations. ...