so-soAn important and inspiring memoir by the first black woman reporter at The Washington Post, but I had such a hard time reading this. I‘m glad I read it, but wish the writing style was a bit more approachable.
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Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America | 
so-soAn important and inspiring memoir by the first black woman reporter at The Washington Post, but I had such a hard time reading this. I‘m glad I read it, but wish the writing style was a bit more approachable.
pickShe was raised in the segregated south,started working p/t while in school at the Louisville Defender.One of the youngest editors at Jet Magazine, 1st Black Woman reporter at The Washington Post .She covered some key moments in the civil rights movement.Mother, reporter , editor, columnist, & advocate for diversity in journalism,I am amazed & inspired by her accomplishments.She kept her cool under difficult times w/ the idea progress is possible.
Saw an interview with Dorothy Gilliam on the Daily Show with Trevor Noah.I knew my next move was to get this book on my want list at the Library.As the first black woman reporter at the Washington Post(1961) I‘m sure I want to read what she has to say.
So far I HIGHLY recommend reading Dorothy Butler Gilliam's book. I'm listening to the audiobook and the more I listen the more I want to know and the more I wish my public education had included more of the history she writes about. A thought provoking and mind igniting #ReadingBlackout 😍.
pickThe authors career is truly inspiring yet whilst I read this book I couldn‘t put my finger on why I wasn‘t fully engaged with the reading. I realised at the end it was because she is a journalist and she wrote her memoir like the very good journalist she is. I saw glimpses of emotion but I never got to fully engage with them which to me is why I read a memoir. A pick as fascinating but something was missing for me #readblackwomen
My jaw was hanging open thinking about this as a reality.
Thankyou to all who gave me hangover sympathy yesterday even though I didn‘t deserve it. On the plus side I managed to read one chapter of this book yesterday for #readblackwomen and #blackhistorymonth.
This came out last month and I‘m surprised no one else has posted about it yet.
Just in the first chapter I can tell I‘m going to be amazed by this woman‘s amazing life and achievements.
