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Broadcasting Pioneers: Recognizing Influential Black Male News Anchors
Broadcast journalism is not a field that has always been welcoming to Black male news anchors, as this country has always struggled with its relationship with Black people. That complicated and tarnished relationship didn’t leave room for the country as a whole to trust a black person to bring them their news on a regular…
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The Black News Anchors Shaping TV Journalism
The History of Black News Anchors in America Many people believe Max Robinson to be the first Black news anchor on a major network and when he became one of the three anchors heading up “World News Tonight” in 1978. At the time, he was following in the footsteps of Malvin R. Goode, who in…