December 20, 1988 Max Robinson, broadcast journalist, died. Robinson was born May 1, 1939 in Richmond, Virginia. He attended several colleges and briefly served in the United States Air Force before receiving a medical discharge. Robinson began his television career in 1959 in Portsmouth, Virginia where he had to read the news while hidden behind […]
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Max Robinson – December 20th in African American History
By Chimsima Zuhri on December 20, 2013 in African American History, December, Military
Tags: Air Force, December 20, May 1
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