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Mr. Tavis Smiley: Stuttering and Speaking Deliberately

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Mr. Tavis Smily [1], a broadcaster, author, advocate and philanthropist,  joins Peter Reitzes [3] to discuss stuttering, deliberate talking and much more.  During this episode Mr. Smiley discusses the influence that Dr. Martin Luther King  [4]has had on his life and on his speech. Mr. Smiley discusses the murder of Emmett Till [5]and the impact this had on launching the civil the rights movement. Peter asks Mr. Smiley about his interviews with two people who stutter- Mr. Bill Withers [6] and Carley Simon [7] (see video below). 


Source URL:https://www.stutteringhelp.org/mr-tavis-smiley-stuttering-and-speaking-deliberately

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[1] http://tavistalks.com/ [2] http://stuttertalk.com/2010/02/14/stuttering-tavis-smiley.aspx [3] http://www.stutterny.com/ [4] http://thekingcenter.org/Default.aspx [5] http://npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=927306 [6] http://video.pbs.org/video/1405580751/ [7] http://pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200805/20080514_simon.html