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In reply to the discussion: Name a successful Woman of Color [View all]Tanuki
(14,956 posts)197. Charlayne Hunter-Gault
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlayne_Hunter-Gault
In 1961, Hunter became part of the civil rights movement when she and Hamilton Holmesbecame the first two African-American students to enroll in the University of Georgia. She graduated in 1963.[3]
In 1967, Hunter joined the investigative news team at WRC-TV, Washington, D.C., and anchored the local evening news. In 1968, Hunter-Gault joined The New York Times as a metropolitan reporter specializing in coverage of the urban black community. She joined The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1978 as a correspondent, becoming The NewsHour's national correspondent in 1983. She left The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in June 1997. She worked in Johannesburg, South Africa, asNational Public Radio's chief correspondent in Africa from 1997 to 1999. Hunter-Gault left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent in 2005,[4] which she had held since 1999, though she still regularly appeared on the station, and others, as an Africa specialist.
During her association with The NewsHour, Hunter-Gault won additional awards: twoEmmys and a Peabody for excellence in broadcast journalism for her work onApartheid's People, a NewsHour series on South Africa.[5] She also received the 1986 Journalist of the Year Award from theNational Association of Black Journalists, aCandace Award for Journalism from theNational Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1988,[6] the 1990 Sidney Hillman Award, theGood Housekeeping Broadcast Personality of the Year Award, the American Women in Radio and Television Award, and two awards from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for excellence in local programming. The University of Georgia Academic Building is named for her, along with Hamilton Holmes, as it is called the Holmes/Hunter Academic Building, as of 2001. She has been a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors since 2009[7] and serves on the Board of Trustees at the Carter Center.[8]
Hunter-Gault is author of In My Place (1992), a memoir about her experiences at the University of Georgia.
In 1961, Hunter became part of the civil rights movement when she and Hamilton Holmesbecame the first two African-American students to enroll in the University of Georgia. She graduated in 1963.[3]
In 1967, Hunter joined the investigative news team at WRC-TV, Washington, D.C., and anchored the local evening news. In 1968, Hunter-Gault joined The New York Times as a metropolitan reporter specializing in coverage of the urban black community. She joined The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1978 as a correspondent, becoming The NewsHour's national correspondent in 1983. She left The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer in June 1997. She worked in Johannesburg, South Africa, asNational Public Radio's chief correspondent in Africa from 1997 to 1999. Hunter-Gault left her post as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent in 2005,[4] which she had held since 1999, though she still regularly appeared on the station, and others, as an Africa specialist.
During her association with The NewsHour, Hunter-Gault won additional awards: twoEmmys and a Peabody for excellence in broadcast journalism for her work onApartheid's People, a NewsHour series on South Africa.[5] She also received the 1986 Journalist of the Year Award from theNational Association of Black Journalists, aCandace Award for Journalism from theNational Coalition of 100 Black Women in 1988,[6] the 1990 Sidney Hillman Award, theGood Housekeeping Broadcast Personality of the Year Award, the American Women in Radio and Television Award, and two awards from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for excellence in local programming. The University of Georgia Academic Building is named for her, along with Hamilton Holmes, as it is called the Holmes/Hunter Academic Building, as of 2001. She has been a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors since 2009[7] and serves on the Board of Trustees at the Carter Center.[8]
Hunter-Gault is author of In My Place (1992), a memoir about her experiences at the University of Georgia.
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Beyonce earned the money. She can buy whatever the hell she wants. Why does that anger some?
brush
Aug 2017
#68
To start with, Barbara Lee, the proud progressive congresswoman from Berkeley.
Ken Burch
Aug 2017
#59
I so admired her, and mourned her untimely departure from both politics and this earth. nt
Hekate
Aug 2017
#172
I know many personally. But I think you mean "successful, FAMOUS or PROMINENT woman of color."
pnwmom
Aug 2017
#73
Oops. Well Bill Clinton was the first Black President and Hillary is his wife.
Blue_true
Aug 2017
#130
Don't see her listed here--I may have missed it--but I'll add Diahann Carroll.
Different Drummer
Aug 2017
#103
I could name a gazillion jazz and blues singers, opera singers, orchestra section players..
pangaia
Aug 2017
#126
Here's to our wives, and all the successful smart strong beautiful women of color.
yardwork
Aug 2017
#194
Dakota Staton, Minnie Ripperton and her daughter Maya Rudolf are some of my quirky faves.
bettyellen
Aug 2017
#163
Thank you for this! I remember her from 2004 and she was a terrific candidate
Rhiannon12866
Aug 2017
#229