What I Know for Sure

TAVIS SMILEY is the host ofTavis Smileyon PBS andThe Tavis Smiley Showfrom PRI (Public Radio International). He is the author of the bestsellersHard Left,Doing What's Right,How to Make Black America Better, andKeeping the Faith.This spring, his efforts to promote the publication ofThe Covenant with Black Americahelped to make it a number-oneNew York Timesbestseller.He lives in Los Angeles. DAVID RITZ has written biographies of, among others, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and B. B. King. His latest book,Messengers: Portraits of African American Ministers, is being published by Doubleday in 2006. To see photographs from Tavis's life, as told inWhat I Know for Sure, and to learn about Tavis's events and the Tavis Smiley Foundation's activities, please visit www.tavistalks.com.Smiley, Tavis is the author of 'What I Know for Sure', published 2008 under ISBN 9780385721721 and ISBN 0385721722.