We Count! part 1

Host Tavis Smiley leads a discussion between African American scholars, opinion makers, analysts and elected officials, in the landmark gathering in Chicago for the special presentation of We Count: The Black Agenda is the American Agenda.

Guests include: Dr. Wayne D. Watson- President, Chicago State University; Father Michael Phleger - St. Sabina Faith Community; Evangelist Joyce Smiley; Dr. Michael Eric Dyson-Author & Professor, Georgetown University; Dr. Cornel West- Author & Professor, Princeton University;Angela Glover Blackwell-Founder and Chief Executive Officer; Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr.-President & Founder, Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition; Michael Fauntroy- Professor, George Mason University; Dr. Julianne Malveaux- President of Bennett College for Women; Dorothy Wright Tillman- Former Alderman, City of Chicago; Dr. Ronald Walters- Political Analyst and Professor Emiritus, University of Maryland; Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan- Leader of The Nation of Islam; Tom Burrell- Author, Founder and former CEO of Burrell Communications; Raven Curling- Student Government President, Chicago State University.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Tavis
• Smiley
• Wayne
• Watson
• Chicago
• State
• University
• Father
• Phleger
• St.
• Sabina
• Jesse
• Jackson
• Julianne
• Malveaux
• Louis
• Farrakhan
• Tom
• Burrell
• obama
• black
• agenda

[ChristiansMustLearn]

Where's Dr Claud Anderson at this table?

Black is back

[rashawndye]

@Volf99 why is it racist? for the last 2 centuries, it was okay for presidents to have a white agenda, which was sugar coated as the "American Agenda."

[PHEOLA1]

I'm now finding this. In 2012 wow! lol

[ImaginedWriter]

The Black community needs more accountability and debate like this.

[tulsa4life]

@Thelookoutslookout Tavis is one! 4 sure

[Volf99]

having a "black agenda" is racist. Your motives are based on racist and forward a agenda to forward blacks interest.

[nykel007]

the question was asked, where was Dr Claud Anderson? why wasn't he there?

[Thelookoutslookout]

I see a couple of hustlers at that table....

[ssjrnfl]

@ChristiansMustLearn  Dr. Claude Anderson should've been there!

[quenchick]

@intelligenceagent1 You can't stop being black being true is to be and except who and what you are and do something to change our condition as a people!!

[khadijahanwar]

@MrSherod1 Why don't you round up your crew and get busy!!! Older people still puttin in work while young folks are watching MTV and LeBron James...Go get em!