The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dorothy B. Gilliam

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Dorothy B. Gilliam

11/13/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.266

Newspaper columnist Dorothy B. Gilliam (1936 - ) wrote for the Washington Post for thirty years, and is a former president of the National Association of Black Journalists. Gilliam was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 11/13/2003, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 6; Total Run Time: 02h 58m 12s

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Gilliam, Dorothy Butler, 1936-....

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Former president of the National Association of Black Journalists Dorothy Gilliam was born November 24, 1936, in Memphis, Tennessee. Her parents, Adee and Jessie Mae Butler had ten children, only five of whom survived. Gilliam began attending Ursuline University in Louisville and transferred to Lincoln University to study journalism.While attending Urusline University, Gilliam began working as a typist for theLouisville Defender, but at the age of seventeen, she was named the society editor. In ...