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Tavis Smiley lost lots of corporate support after he was critical of President [Barack] Obama.

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Julianne Malveaux
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 22
Economist
Journalist
Radio Personality
San Francisco County
California
Julianne Marie Malveaux
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Trayvon Martin could have been any of our sons, so I was not especially moved by that remark of President [Barack] Obama's.
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Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color.
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