Dorothy Butler Gilliam, the first Black woman reporter hired at the Washington Post donates $10,000 to laid-off reporters
Dorothy Butler Gilliam, 82, was the first Black woman reporter at The Washington Post. (theGrio/Courtesy Photo) After making history as the first Black woman at the Washington Post, Dorothy Butler Gilliam is supporting the reporters hit with mass layoffs. When you’ve spent a lifetime fighting for representation in American newsrooms, watching history repeat itself hits…
