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PBS has announced that it
will broadcast “All-American Presidential Forums” featuring the Democratic
candidates and moderated by Tavis Smiley. The special will mark the first
time that a panel exclusively comprised of journalists of color will be
represented in primetime.
Tavis Smiley, along with journalists Michel Martin of National Public
Radio, nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. and USA Today
and Gannett News Service columnist DeWayne Wickham, will question
candidates on issues ranging from healthcare and housing to Katrina
relief, the economy and the environment, among others, as outlined in the
#1 The New York Times best-seller, Covenant With Black America. This forum
will provide the first major opportunity for the candidates to present a
detailed discourse and dialogue on their social agendas.
The candidates’ forum will air live on Thursday, June 28 from 9:00 p.m. to
10:30 p.m. ET from Howard University’s Cramton Auditorium in Washington,
DC.
A second forum for Republican presidential candidates will be held on
September 27, 2007, on the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore,
Maryland.
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