'Trailblazer' Journalist Dorothy Butler Gilliam Works To Diversify Newsrooms

Dorothy Butler Gilliam was the first African American woman reporter hired at The Washington Post in 1961. She was only 23 years old and her work was cut out for her as she lived through and wrote about the Civil Rights and Women's Movements — two pivotal moments in American history. Gilliam has since worked to make newsrooms across the country more diverse.