Tavis Smiley

 Tavis Smiley talks about his new book, Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise."Our mission is to equip citizens with the appropriate tools to assess the performance of our elected leaders and ourselves," writes Tavis Smiley. In his new book, Accountable, Smiley revisits each of the 10 covenants from The Covenant of Black America and provides riveting narratives from everyday American citizens.Experience this "town-hall" style meeting on how we -- as individuals and as a community -- can implement solutions to the top 10 issues of greatest concern to all Americans.This program was sponsored by United Health Care. Recorded On: Thursday, March 5, 2009