Lorenzo “Lo” Jelks, Atlanta’s first Black television news reporter, has died at 83, according to the Atlanta Press Club and CNN affiliate WSB. After graduating from Clark College , Jelks was hired in 1967 by WSB-TV, where he stayed for nearly a decade, according to the Atlanta Press Club.
“He really shined the light on the importance of education and I think in many ways changed the landscape of race relations in Atlanta and certainly in Georgia by his reporting,” Jocelyn Dorsey, former WSB director of editorials and public affairs, said in a tribute video for Jelks posted by the Atlanta Press Club. In 2022, Jelks was inducted into the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame.
Never heard of him
Why is this national news ?
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Don Lemon next please
Which white person is responsible for this? In 2023 I can’t believe this is still happening.
Blacks are in no way lesser humans, poverty of the mind of the old/outdated brigades of African leadership elites made it look like blacks are lesser humans. SituationReport Rigging Kano The LP
But they don't report on the guy who killed reporters last week
Thank-you 4 ya service.
Rest in peace. Condolences