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Newspaper/Radio/TV Pioneer
In 1954 George Forsyth became the first African-American reporter to be hired by theBoston Traveler, the afternoon paper owned by theBoston Herald. Beginning as a street reporter, he became a feature writer and drama and entertainment critic. In 1968 he joined the staff of WHDH-TV as an on-air
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AFRO Exclusive!: Leon Optimistic Floyd’s Death Will Spark Change | Afro
For over 30 years satellite radio political commentator and author Dr. Wilmer Leon has witnessed protests surrounding racism– from the Rodney King verdict, to the uproar over the acquittal of George Zimmerman who killed Trayvon Martin and now the most recent uprising following the death of George
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Harris, Everette “E” Lynn (1955-2009)
New York Times bestselling author Everette “E” Lynn Harris was born June 20, 1955, in Flint, Michigan. Openly homosexual, Harris was best known for his depictions of gay African American men who were concealing or “closeting” their sexuality. Although he did not participate
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Fox, Richard K. (1925- )
Ambassador Richard Kenneth Fox served as U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago during the Jimmy Carter Administration.  Fox was born on October 22, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio. After a stint in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, he enrolled at Indiana University and received his Bachelor of Arts degree
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Robinson, Max (1939-1988)
Max Robinson was an American broadcast journalist for ABC News and served as a co-anchor for ABC World News Tonight. He was the first African American broadcast network news anchor in the history of American television. He was also one of the original founders of the National Association of Black
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20
1988
The Black dollar: A Substantial Defense Against Systematic Oppression?
Ulrick Cherichel, Senior biological systems engineering student at Florida A&M University, made the decision to join a Black-owned bank in light of growing racial tensions in the
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Blake, J. Paul
J. Paul Blake, a native of Belmar, New Jersey, has enjoyed a distinguished public relations career in the private sector, higher education and municipal government.  The former director of media and external relations at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of
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Africa: Telling the Story From Both Sides
It offers a set of plans, evaluation criteria and practical options to media professionals that can be used to develop critical analysis of war journalism, all derived from, or at least attentive to, proposals on conflict, violence and
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How Milton Lee Olive III fell on an enemy grenade to save comrades in battle
He was a member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam Pfc. Olive threw his body on a grenade saving four comrades in the
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Hayes, Ralph (1922-1999)
Ralph Hayes grew up poor in rural, segregated Cairo, Illinois, the fourth of twelve children. He studied journalism at Northwestern University and then transferred to the University of Washington, where he earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in political science. In 1950 he married Elaine
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Maynard, Robert C. (1937-1993)
Robert C. Maynard, the first African American editor and owner of a major daily newspaper in the United States, was known as a trailblazing journalist who led efforts to desegregate newsrooms and educate minority students to pursue careers in
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Clarke hailed as titan of Caribbean media
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East Africa: Decolonising Peace Journalism - - and Putting It to Work in East Africa
Peace journalism is evident when reporters and editors make deliberate choices in their day to to day work that create opportunities for society at large to consider and value nonviolent responses to
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For African students, e-learning fails to make the grade
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The local comedy circuit hurts: Magi
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Facebook awards Black Press of America publishers $1.3 million in relief grants
Facebook has announced that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local
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L.A. DIGEST: Black Business Association to host Black Music Awards
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Back to Terror of Lynchings Past?
Author and investigative journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a staunch crusader against lynching at the turn of the last century, would likely have been included among the hundreds of thousands of people calling for a thorough investigation into recent hanging deaths of two Black men in California and
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Frank Baker pays off tuition for 50 Spelman College graduates
Frank Baker, an African-American and founder of Siris Capital in New York, has paid off the debt for nearly 50 students graduating from Spelman College, the all-women historically black college in
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Nigeria: PTCIJ Tackles Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Reporting On Journalists
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Southern University [New Orleans] (1956-- )
Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and
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1972
Rejected for being gay, Alain LeRoy Rocke became the Father of the Harlem Renaissance
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Louis E. Lomax: Introduced the Nation of Islam & Malcolm X to the World
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Eminent Foreign Correspondent
William Worthy, Jr., born in Boston in 1921 and educated in its public schools, served as an eminent and significant foreign correspondent and columnist for the Baltimore Afro-American from 1951 to 1980; as a special CBS News correspondent in China, Africa, and the Soviet Union between 1955-57; and
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Kids in shelters find joy amid coronavirus thanks to Chelsea Phaire and her art kits
The 10-year-old from Danbury, Connecticut, has sent more than 1,500 art kits to kids in foster care and homeless
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Southern University [Shreveport] (1964 -- )
Southern University is a historically black university with a main campus located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Originally founded in 1880 in New Orleans as Southern University in New Orleans, it began its mission of providing post-secondary education for African Americans with 12 students and
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1972
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Mark Cuban Makes $100K Donation to NABJ’s COVID-19 Relief Fund
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