Looking for something to watch on Saturday?Are the reruns of 'That's So Raven' not cutting it?
Well, check out C-Span on Saturday for some compelling television.
The 'State of the Black Union' hosted by author/radio host Tavis Smiley will be broadcasted on C-SPAN starting at 8:00 a.m. ET on Saturday from Hampton University.
According to Richard Prince's Journal-isms, "Panelists at the opening session, "The Covenant in Action," include Bruce Gordon, president of the NAACP; historian and author Lerone Bennett, Jr.; the Rev. Al Sharpton; former astronaut Mae Jemison; the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.; Judge Glenda Hatchett; actors and activists Tim Reid and Daphne Maxwell Reid; Richmond Mayor Doug Wilder; author Sonia Sanchez; Black Planet founder Omar Wasow; law professor Charles Ogletree; Cathy Hughes, founder of Radio One; and U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, D-Minn."
In between coverage of the 'State of the Black Union,' C-SPAN will cut away at 11AM to cover the announcement of Sen. Barack Obama (Illinois) officially throwing his hat into the Presidential Race for 2008.
Following Obama's annoucment, C-SPAN will return to Hampton University to cover the afternoon session that will feature Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund; Julia Hare of Black Think Tank; Jemison; U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., radio personality Tom Joyner and academician Cornel West.
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By: amy on 2/11/2007 2:17AM
cathy hughes just spoke the knowledge. is anybody watching? man she's smart
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By: Mark S. Allen on 2/13/2007 12:47AM
Tavis Smiley and others will soon figure out that there must be more of how to address the Black agenda from the bottom up and not top down. Until people at the bottom feel a sense of ownership, they are not responding properly or as needed to the directions from the top down, or is no one noticing -- or care?
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By: Herb Connell on 3/09/2007 1:15AM
I respect Kathy Hughes and her accomplishments however I'm disappointed in her comments on the Tom Joyner show regarding Obama. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but when you have a heavy influencer of the Black community tell her listening audience that Obama has not shown her anything and maybe he needs to get a few bills passed in the Senate for experiance before she wages in is obsurd at best. She worked hard to get to where she is why not give our creditable and desrving Black cadidate a chance and a few kind words of encouragement.
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