Tavis Smiley: In past 10 years, blacks lost ground in every major economic category

(CNSNews.com) – Talk show host and author Tavis Smiley told C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" on Friday that blacks have lost ground in every leading economic category in the last 10 years. "It's depressing. You have to go where the data takes you … and what the data tell us is … that black folk have fallen behind in every major economic category," said Smiley, who talked about his book, "The Covenant with Black America: Ten Years Later."

(CNSNews.com) – Talk show host and author Tavis Smiley told C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" on Friday that blacks have lost ground in every leading economic category in the last 10 years. "It's depressing. You have to go where the data takes you … and what the data tell us is … that black folk have fallen behind in every major economic category," said Smiley, who talked about his book, "The Covenant with Black America: Ten Years Later."…