Media – Journalists and reporters
Chuck Leonard (1937-2004)
Chuck Leonard, a pioneering disk jockey known for his rich, smooth voice, was born Charles Wesley Leonard in Chicago, Illinois,...
George Alfred Strait, III (1945- )
George Alfred Strait, III, an award-winning journalist, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1945. Strait received a Bachelor of Science...
Barry Cooper (1956- )
Barry Cooper is a journalist, technology entrepreneur, and CEO who founded BlackVoices.com, a groundbreaking website in the early days of...
Gil Noble (1932-2012)
Gilbert Edward Noble was a pianist, producer, professor, news anchor, television host, and documentarian. His entry into media was largely...
Charles Blow (1970- )
Charles Blow is an American journalist, commentator, and op-ed columnist for The New York Times. Born to Spinner and Billie...
Linda Johnson Rice (1958- )
Former magazine owner Linda Johnson Rice was born on March 22, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois to John and Eunice Johnson....
Derek Walcott (1930-2017)
A professor, poet, and playwright of English, Dutch, and African descent, Derek Walcott was a 1981 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” grant...
Simeon S. Booker (1918-2017)
Simeon Saunders Booker Jr.’s innovative career in journalism transformed how African American readers engaged with news coverage of politics and...
Alice Allison Dunnigan (1906-1983)
Alice Allison Dunnigan was the first African American female correspondent at the White House and the first black female member of the...
