“When it comes to firsts, Memphis has it share.  This fall highlighted another first for the “City of Good Abode”.”   Carol Hall became the first black woman in Memphis’s history to serve as news reporter for a television station.  Miss Hall is with WHBQ Television and will serve as feature reporter, covering such areas as welfare, health, education, employment, drugs, and housing as relate to the entire community.

After receiving a Liberal Arts Degree from Stephen College with special emphasis on retailing, Business, Community Development and Black and African Studies, she worked as a model, and an assistant buyer for Saks Fifth Avenue.  She also served as public relations supervisor with Von Blaine Enterprise in New York and as a trainee in the News Department of WOR Radio and Television New York.

Debbie Dennie, reporter for Memphis Tri-State Defender October 31, 1970

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