Dorothy Butler Gilliam

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Dorothy Butler Gilliam is a pioneering American journalist and author who became the first African American female reporter at The Washington Post and a prominent advocate for diversity in the media.

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instanceOf author
civil rights activist
columnist
journalist
media diversity advocate
non-fiction writer
awardReceived Journalism awards for diversity advocacy
NABJ Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED
birthName Dorothy Butler NERFINISHED
careerStart 1950s
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
coveredTopic civil rights
race and media
urban affairs
dateOfBirth 1936-11-24
degree journalism degree from Columbia University
educatedAt Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism NERFINISHED
Lincoln University (Missouri) NERFINISHED
employer Jet magazine NERFINISHED
Louisville Defender NERFINISHED
The Washington Post NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Gilliam NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork civil rights reporting
journalism
media diversity
gender female
genre journalism
memoir
givenName Dorothy NERFINISHED
hasNationality American
influenced generations of Black journalists
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Association of Black Journalists NERFINISHED
movement American civil rights movement
surface form: civil rights movement
name Dorothy Butler Gilliam NERFINISHED
notableAchievement first African American female reporter at The Washington Post
notableFor advocacy for diversity in American newsrooms
notableRole pioneering African American woman in mainstream U.S. journalism
notableWork Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist’s Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America NERFINISHED
occupation author
journalist
newspaper columnist
placeOfBirth Memphis, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld president of the National Association of Black Journalists
residence Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
spouse Sam Gilliam NERFINISHED

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