Accountable, Tavis Smiley
Accountable, Tavis Smiley
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Accountable
Making America As Good As Its Promise

Author: Tavis Smiley

Narrator: Tavis Smiley

Unabridged: 5 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/17/2009

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Tavis Smiley presents the successor to his two bestselling books, The Covenant of Black America and The Covenant in Action—Accountable will serve as a report card, holding the politicians accountable for what they have promised and holding the community responsible for its actions or inactions.

In Accountable, New York Times bestselling author Tavis Smiley addresses two issues: Public officials and the promises they have made regarding issues of concern to the African American community; and holding individuals and communities accountable for the degree to which they have utilized various tools and strategies outlined in his previous books, The Covenant and The Covenant in Action, to effect change. In sum, this book will explore how well the covenant goals have been realized. It explores topics such as healthcare, education, the unequal justice system, and jobs, and it will do so through story—real life examples of how an issue manifests itself on the ground.

Accountable will examine the conditions of our present day and the consequences for America if we fail to effect real change within the next two decades. It will make the case for American citizens to be driven by “the cause and not the candidate,” and demonstrate the need to hold our politicians and ourselves accountable—because the stakes have never been higher.

About Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley is a nationally known intellectual, activist, political commentator, entrepreneur, and radio and television personality. He founded the groundbreaking and historic State of the Black Union series. Mr. Smiley has authored several bestselling books, including The Covenant and The Covenant in Action.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nandi on April 07, 2009

For the amount I have read, I am pretty impressed with Mr Smiley's findings. I have to say that our current President has a lot of change and make right which is truly unfair since it didn't take one President to make it worse. One person talked on how he had Obama on the cover but he(Smiley) didn't......more

Goodreads review by Marjanne on May 07, 2009

This book basically picks a handful of issues that are prevalent in our country today, discusses why they are important, what the author thinks should be done about it, and succinctly outlines what Obama promised to do about the issue (pulled from a variety of speeches and comments given during the......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly on July 10, 2018

The book identified the issues plaguing America and solutions that we could all utilize to truly Make this country great. It will take all of us.......more

Goodreads review by Diane on October 28, 2012

As a person with training in systems thinking and social work, I have been more politically active than the average bear. I am also fairly liberal politically, but that does not mean I'm willing to sit back and buy everything I am told by my president hook, line, and sinker--bereft of analysis and t......more