Castro with Tavis Smiley, host of BET's news-talk show: BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley.
GUESTS: Danny Glover, Actor
Randall Robinson, Executive Director of TransAfrica
Johnnetta B. Cole, Ph.D., Emory University
WHAT: Special message from Castro to African Americans
Impact of economic embargo on Afro-Cubans - Cuban perspectives
on Cuban-American foreign relations
WHEN: Thursday, January 28, 1999
11:00 - 12:00 a.m. (ET) 8:00 - 9:00 p.m. (PT)
INFO: This must-see show features Tavis Smiley, recently named one of
Newsweek Magazine's "20 Stars of the New News," who was part of the
African-American delegation invited to Cuba. The TransAfrica Forum
went to Cuba this past January to examine the state of the country,
Cuban/African-American relationships, global economics and the
future. Castro met with the TransAfrica delegation for three
hours, part of which was taped and is included in this show.
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