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Remembering Mal Goode, a pioneering Black broadcaster
ResumeIn 1962, Mal Goode made history when he became the first African American reporter for a major American TV news network. Goode debuted with a breaking story on the Cuban missile crisis.
Goode died in 1995 and many of his accomplishments were lost to history. But that is now changing with a new biography of the pioneering broadcaster.
Bill O'Driscoll of WESA reports.
This segment aired on July 2, 2024.