Legendary, Emmy-award winning journalist Belva Davis, who broke barriers by becoming the first Black woman television journalist on the West Coast, has passed away, according to the Bay Area’s KQED. She was 92.
Davis’ career spanned decades and generations and included covering stories as diverse and varied as the 1964 Republican National Convention and the Jonestown massacre in Guyana. She covered political assassinations like that of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk, the first openly gay person to be elected to public office as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Read more at www.thegrio.com.
