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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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Ronald Reagan's attack on people who receive public assistance was partially an attack on people of color.
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African-Americans have rarely been the beneficiaries of Presidential rhetorical excess.
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While the banks got big bailouts, a sizeable chunk of African-American wealth evaporated because so many people lost homes.
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Indeed, as soon as he took office, Senator Mitch McConnell announced that his top priority was to deny President [Barack] Obama a second term.
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As I write in the book, I do not regret either of my votes for President [Barack] Obama, nor my support of him when he ran for the Senate before that. I get excited as I ever did when I see that black man on Air Force One. But I won't settle for symbolism, and our President's record should be open for analysis.
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[My childhood was ] spiritual than religious.
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There's no great, white bigot there's just about 200 million little white bigots out there.
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African-American people adore President Obama.
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