February 27, 1942 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, journalist and foreign correspondent, was born in Due West, South Carolina. Hunter-Gault attended Wayne State University from 1959 to 1961, the year that she and Hamilton Holmes became the first African Americans to attend the University of Georgia. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the university […]
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault – February 27th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on February 27, 2013 in African American History, Author, February
Tags: Emmy Award, February 27, journalist, Peabody Award
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