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Charlayne Hunter-Gault (born 27 February, 1942) is an American journalist and foreign correspondent for National Public Radio
National Public Radio

National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national Radio syndication to 797 public radio List of NPR stations in the United States....
, and the Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an United States non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States....
.

er-Gault was born to US Army Chaplain Charles S.H. Hunter Jr., and Althea Ruth Brown in Due West, South Carolina
Due West, South Carolina

Due West is a town in Abbeville County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census....
. She spent most of her childhood in Covington, Georgia
Covington, Georgia

Covington is a city in Newton County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 11,547 as of the 2000 census. Census Estimates of 2005 indicate a population of 13,856....
, and attended Henry McNeal Turner High School in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
.

In 1961 Hunter-Gault and Hamilton E. Holmes
Hamilton E. Holmes

Hamilton E. Holmes was an American orthopedic physician. He with Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia, was the first African-American student to attend the Emory University School of Medicine where he earned his M.D....
 were the first African-American students to attend the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
, ending racial segregation
Racial segregation

File:Segregated cinema entrance3.jpgRacial segregation is the separation of different Race s in daily life, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a drinking fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home....
 at that institution.






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Charlayne Hunter-Gault (born 27 February, 1942) is an American journalist and foreign correspondent for National Public Radio
National Public Radio

National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national Radio syndication to 797 public radio List of NPR stations in the United States....
, and the Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service

The Public Broadcasting Service is an United States non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States....
.

Biography


Early years

Hunter-Gault was born to US Army Chaplain Charles S.H. Hunter Jr., and Althea Ruth Brown in Due West, South Carolina
Due West, South Carolina

Due West is a town in Abbeville County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. The population was 1,209 at the 2000 census....
. She spent most of her childhood in Covington, Georgia
Covington, Georgia

Covington is a city in Newton County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 11,547 as of the 2000 census. Census Estimates of 2005 indicate a population of 13,856....
, and attended Henry McNeal Turner High School in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
.

In 1961 Hunter-Gault and Hamilton E. Holmes
Hamilton E. Holmes

Hamilton E. Holmes was an American orthopedic physician. He with Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia, was the first African-American student to attend the Emory University School of Medicine where he earned his M.D....
 were the first African-American students to attend the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
, ending racial segregation
Racial segregation

File:Segregated cinema entrance3.jpgRacial segregation is the separation of different Race s in daily life, such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a drinking fountain, using a rest room, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home....
 at that institution. Though her dormitory, Myers Hall
Myers Hall

Myers Hall is a co-ed dormitory at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Myers is a part of the Myers Community, which also includes Soule Hall, Rutherford Hall and Mary Lyndon Hall....
, would later became the center of racial riots early-on, she graduated from the University of Georgia in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (BAJ) from the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

The Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is a college within the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , United States....
.

Career

Hunter-Gault is on the board of the Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent, nonprofit organization based in New York, New York, United States, that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists, similar to Reporters Without Borders....
. She was the Johannesburg
Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Joburg, is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the province Capital of Gauteng the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa....
, South Africa
South Africa

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 bureau chief for CNN
CNN

Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a major US Cable News Network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television network in the United States....
 from 1999 - 2005. She is a former chief national correspondent for PBS on the The Newshour with Jim Lehrer
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is an evening television news television program broadcast wiktionary:weeknights on PBS in the United States. Unlike most other evening newscasts in the country, each edition is an hour long....
 from 1983 to 1997, chief correspondent in Johannesburg
Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Joburg, is the largest city in South Africa. Johannesburg is the province Capital of Gauteng the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa....
 for CNN from 1977 to 1999, and is currently a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio
National Public Radio

National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national Radio syndication to 797 public radio List of NPR stations in the United States....
. Additionally, she was the first African-American reporter for The New Yorker
The New Yorker

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 in 1963, and the second after Nancy Hicks Maynard at The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
 where she remained for more than ten years, and received the New York Times Publisher Award. She was an investigative reporter and anchorwoman for WRC-TV from 1967 to 1968.

Hunter-Gault won two Peabody Award
Peabody Award

The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual, international awards for excellence in radio and television broadcasting....
s and two Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
s for her work on the series "Apartheid's People." She also received the Journalist of the Year Award from the National Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Black Journalists

The National Association of Black Journalists , was founded in 1975 by 44 men and women in Washington, D.C. Headquartered at the University of Maryland, College Park and with 4100 members, it is the largest organization of journalists of Colored in the nation....
 (NABJ) in 1986 and was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists' Hall of Fame in 2005.

The academic building at the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
 where she and Holmes registered for classes was renamed the Hunter-Holmes Academic Building in 2001.

In 2005 a memorial to Hunter-Gault in the Myers Hall
Myers Hall

Myers Hall is a co-ed dormitory at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Myers is a part of the Myers Community, which also includes Soule Hall, Rutherford Hall and Mary Lyndon Hall....
 dormitory at the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
 drew criticism for the use of an un-attributed racial slur. Hunter-Gault herself petitioned for its inclusion in the memorial as being of historical value, but it was ultimately replaced with a quote from her book In My Place, along with her letter to the student paper supporting the slur's use following intensive regional media attention and protest by the campus branch of the NAACP.

She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community....
, the second intercollegiate Greek-letter organization established for African American women.

Personal life

Hunter-Gault was married to Walter Stovall in 1963. After that marriage ended in divorce, she later married investment banker Ronald Gault in 1971. She has a daughter, Susan Stovall from her first marriage, and a son, actor Chuma Hunter-Gault.

Filmography

  • Dare to Struggle... Dare to Win (1999)
  • Globalization & Human Rights (1998)
  • Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television (1993)


Bibliography


External links

  • at National Public Radio
    National Public Radio

    National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national Radio syndication to 797 public radio List of NPR stations in the United States....