The "All-American Presidential Forums On Pbs" Moderated By Tavis Smiley Featuring Republican Candidates To Take Place September 27th In Baltimore. The "All-American Presidential Forums on PBS" Moderated by Tavis Smiley will give Republican Presidential candidates an opportunity to make their case on the issues of concern for people of color. The Forum will take place on September 27th from 9 to 10:30 p.m (EDT), broadcast live on PBS from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

WASHINGTON - Three of the four leading Republican presidential candidates turned down invitations to a PBS debate this month at a historically black college in Baltimore, leading moderator Tavis Smiley on Thursday to accuse them of ignoring minority voters.

Fred Thompson Expected to Make First Major Appearance Since Declaring The "All-American Presidential Forums on PBS" Moderated by Tavis Smiley will give Republican Presidential candidates an opportunity to make their case on the issues of concern for people of color. The Forum will take place on September 27th from 9 to 10:30 p.m (EDT), broadcast live on PBS from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.

The "All-American Presidential Forums on PBS" Moderated by Tavis Smiley will give Republican Presidential candidates an opportunity to make their case on the issues of concern to people of color. The Forum will take place on September 27th from 9 to10:30 p.m. (EDT), broadcast live on PBS from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. An announcement regarding confirmed participants will be issued later this month, but all the major candidates are expected to participate.

Democratic forum gives historic nod to blacks By DeWayne Wickham To be sure, this was a special time for African-Americans. It was a historic moment, the importance of which was lost on many among the small army of journalists who descended on Howard University last week to cover a gathering of the eight Democratic presidential contenders.

Watching the third debate between the Democratic candidates for president on PBS at Howard University, I was struck by the juxtaposition of mostly white men and women discussing issues primarily related to people of color. It struck me vividly that if the GOP is ever to regain its lost ground with African-American voters, a good place to start would be to commit itself to debating the very same issues before a largely black audience at any one of our great Historically Black Colleges ...

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