Goode, Malvin Russell “Mal”
1908-1995 · Contribution: 1962-1973
Broadcast journalist
Became the first African American correspondent for a U.S. television news network when ABC News hired him in 1962, making his on-air debut with breaking coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis from the United Nations
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Quick facts
- Born
- 1908, White Plains, Virginia
- Active since
- 1962
- Category
- Press & Photography
- Best known for
- First Black correspondent for a U.S. television news network
Impact on the world
Goode broke the color line of network television news, proving a Black correspondent could anchor coverage of a nuclear-brink crisis and pushing ABC to cover Black communities beyond protest.
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