Good morning Obots! Today's broadcast news pioneer is Ms. Charlayne Hunter-Gault. Hunter-Gault was born in Due West, S.C., and made civil rights history as the first African-American woman to enter the University of Georgia, where she received a B.A. in journalism in 1962. She also attended Wayne State University. Her book In My Place, a memoir about her experiences at the … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African American Pioneers in Broadcast News
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Monday Open Thread: Africans American Pioneers in Broadcast News
Good morning Obots: Max Robinson is today's African American Pioneer in Broadcast News. Max Robinson was born in Richmond, VA on May 1, 1939. Robinson attended Oberlin College and briefly served in the United States Air Force where he was assigned to the Russian Language School at Indiana University before receiving a medical discharge. In 1959, Max Robinson beat out … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Africans American Pioneers in Broadcast News