TAVIS ENDS 'STATE OF THE BLACK UNION' SERIES: Journalist to focus on new projects. Past events available on DVD.
(January 7, 2010)
*Tavis Smiley says he is ending his annual State of the Black Union (SOBU) symposiums, which served as an anticipated event for African Americans during the last decade.
The host of "Tavis Smiley" on PBS said ending production of SOBU will allow him to focus attention on his 2010 primetime specials on PBS as well as grow other divisions of his multimedia company, including the SmileyBooks imprint, his weekly public radio show, his non-profit youth foundation and the award-winning traveling museum exhibition America I AM: The African American Imprint.
Past SOBUs are now available on DVD. "The State of the Black Union: 10-Year Conversation Box Set Collection" includes all 10 symposia on 23 separate discs. Each boxed set is numbered and personally autographed by Smiley.
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