EPISODE · Dec 27, 2019 · 38 MIN
Trailblazer: Dorothy Butler Gilliam
from The Takeout with Major Garrett · host CBS News
Author and trailblazing journalist Dorothy Butler Gilliam joins Major at Kith and Kin in DC's Wharf neighborhood. In the 1960s, Gilliam became the first female African American to be hired by the Washington Post. Her book, "Trailblazer," chronicles her journalism career and her efforts to make America's newsrooms look more like America.
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Author and trailblazing journalist Dorothy Butler Gilliam joins Major at Kith and Kin in DC's Wharf neighborhood. In the 1960s, Gilliam became the first female African American to be hired by the Washington Post. Her book, "Trailblazer," chronicles her journalism career and her efforts to make America's newsrooms look more like America.
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