Editor's Note: Tavis Smiley, Hay House author of Fail Up - 20 Lessons on Failure, is on Dancing With The Stars! Tune in to ABC on Mondays at 8 PM/7 Central and call: ...read full story
Walter Rauschenbusch—theologian, Baptist minister, key figure in the Social Gospel movement, and major influence on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—dedicated his ...read full story
It was one of those unexpected moments of deep revelation. Walter Dean Myers wasn’t expecting anything special as he boarded the train on that particular morning. T...read full story
We’ve seen the Hollywood script dozens of times: A long-suffering, white educator (insert actor of choice: Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Matthew Perry, Michelle Pfe...read full story
You know I read a lot of books—but it is rare that I read a book that moves me in the way this one did. Pick up a copy of the book called The Pact, in which three y...read full story
Cornel West was a 14-year-old high student when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 . . .
It was 1968, the year my brother Cliff was invited to...read full story
“He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”– Clarence Budington KellandWhen I was growing up, I learned a lot of cool t...read full story
“My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.”- Oprah Winfrey When I was a kid, nothing tasted better than my grandmother&...read full story
“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s D...read full story
Hello Dear Ones,I met Tavis Smiley about eight years ago and I loved him from that day on. He has such a warm heart. I truly admire Tavis for his vision and his work, and...read full story
