BK Reader 02/24/2022

In 1968, John Johnson became the first African American documentary producer for the New York City television network ABC.

Local TV news outlets felt it was essential to have Black reporters and anchors find and tell the stories of a changing Black America, reported NY1.

“It was very difficult when I first started. People who were employed there were not used to taking directions from a Black man,” said Johnson, of Bed-Stuy.

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