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Jan 28, 1913 Terre Haute, Indiana, United States Died on 05 Apr 1988 (aged 75)
American Journalist
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About Hazel Garland
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- Garland (January 28, 1913 – April 5, 1988) was a journalist, columnist and newspaper editor.
- She was the first African-American woman to serve as editor-in-chief of a nationally circulated newspaper chain (the New Pittsburgh Courier).
- Born into a farming family, she was the eldest of 16 children.
- Although a bright and capable student, she dropped out of high school at her fathers instigation, and spent time working as a maid in order to provide financial assistance to her family.After her marriage in 1935 she became a housewife, raising her daughter Phyllis and playing an active role in various voluntary organisations.
- Her reports of club activities gained her attention from local newspaper editors and by 1943 she was writing a regular column.
- In 1946 she joined the staff of the Pittsburgh Courier full-time, and by 1960 she was editor of both the entertainment and the women's sections of the newspaper.
- In 1955 she became the first African-American journalist to write a regular television column, Video Vignettes, which would go on to become one of the longest running television columns in newspaper history.
- In 1974 Garland was made editor-in-chief, and in the same year she was named 'Editor of the Year' by the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
- She retired from her editorial role in 1977 due to health problems, although she continued writing and remained in an advisory role to the publishers until her death in 1988.
- In 1978 and 1979 she served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize for journalism.
