Occupation – TV Broadcaster

Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy (bvmsports.com)

Super Bowl 41 (2007)

Super Bowl 41 was the first Super Bowl contest pitting teams led by two African American coaches, Tony Dungy, of...
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February 3rd, 2025

Missouri counties

Dianne White Clatto (1938-2015)

Pioneering T.V. Broadcaster Dianne White Clatto, born Dianne Elizabeth Johnson on December 28, 1938, in St. Louis, Missouri, was the...
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June 17th, 2024

Bryant Gumbel in Washington D.C.

Bryant Gumbel (1948- )

Bryant Gumbel was the first African American co-host of the National Broadcasting Company’s (NBC) The Today Show and is well-known...
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June 23rd, 2011

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Carl B. Stokes (1927-1996)

Carl B. Stokes, lawyer, anchorman, U.S. diplomat and the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city, was born...
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February 12th, 2007