Tavis Smiley

BTN LiveBIG: Best of … Indiana

[btn-post-package]A trailblazing African-American basketball player who grew up in the segregated South. A virtuoso musician who contributed several tunes to the Great American Songbook. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who changed the way war correspondents work, and died on the frontlines doing it. An author who wrote one of the most popular series of novels for […]

BTN LiveBIG: Hoosier Tavis Smiley shares lessons from his life

Yesterday, we shared a biographical sketch of Indiana University alum Tavis Smiley, who recently released the book ?50 for Your Future: Lessons from Down the Road.? Written the year he turned 50, his goal for the book was to help younger readers find an authentic life without falling prey to common pressures caused by one?s […]

BTN LiveBIG: Indiana alum Tavis Smiley looks back on his half-century as a Hoosier

Tavis Smiley is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest interviewers of our generation. He?s a best-selling author and one of the most popular media figures in America. Time Magazine named him one of ?The World?s Most Influential People.? Not bad for someone who was raised in a trailer in Indiana. Smiley grew up poor […]

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Tavis Smiley

BTN LiveBIG: Best of … Indiana

BTN LiveBIG: Best of … Indiana