True Story: Dorothy Butler Gilliam- Black Journalist Trailblazer

Producer for theGrio in this sit-down profile interview of award-winning journalist, Dorothy Butler Gilliam.

In 1961, Dorothy Butler Gilliam defied the odds by becoming the first Black woman reporter at The Washington Post.

At a time when Black people — let alone Black women — were not expected to have bylines in national papers, Gilliam was breaking down barriers, writing stories about the civil rights movement and the everyday lives of Black people.