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Dorothy Butler Gilliam has been a pioneering journalist and change-maker for more than five decades. She started in the black press in the 1950s, working in Louisville, Kentucky; Memphis; and Chicago. In 1961, she became the first black woman reporter for the Washington Post. She went on to become an editor and a columnist for the newspaper before retiring in 2003. Throughout her career, she worked tirelessly to nurture other journalists of color and to diversify newsrooms across the United States. She lives in Washington, DC. |