Culver City… Pasadena… Los Angeles… For more on Belva Davis, her memoir, “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism,” and her amazing journey go here.
Culver City… Pasadena… Los Angeles… For more on Belva Davis, her memoir, “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism,” and her amazing journey go here.
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Award-winning journalist/author, Belva Davis, is in the Southland this weekend for a number of meet-and-greet-and-book signing events. As Black History month draws to a close, this is an incredible opportunity to meet a trailblazer, Davis, the first African American female reporter/anchor in the West, who covered some of the most significant news stories of the past few decades while fighting racism and sexism. In her memoir, “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism,” Davis describes her fascinating journey, from a difficult childhood to a broken... Read More →
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It’s not easy being the first to break through social and professional barriers, especially back in the turbulent sixties. Nevertheless, someone has to step up, take the risks, suffer the insults and the rejections, and Belva Davis did that to become the first black female television journalist/anchor in the western United States. Davis tells her incredible story of rising from the projects of Oakland to become an award winning television reporter, known around the world, in her new book out today. “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman’s Life in Journalism,” was... Read More →
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