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ED BRADLEY JOURNALIST & ONE OF THE
1ST AFRICAN AMERICANS TO
Ed Bradley was best known for 26 BREAK INTO NETWORK TV
years of award-winning work on 60 NEWS
Minutes. During his career he cov-
ered the fall of Saigon, the 1st Black He received the Peaboby, the
TV correspondent to cover the NABJ Lifetime Achievement
White House, and anchored CBS Award, 19 Emmys and others.
Sunday Nights with Ed Bradley.

ATTORNEY PREACHER FRED DAVIS GRAY
& FORMER ELECTED OFFICIAL
of the National Bar Associ-
Fred Davis Gray is an attorney, ation in 1985 and in 2002
preacher and former elected offi- was elected as the first
cial who defended Rosa Parks and African-American President
led a number of Alabama key cas- of the Alabama State Bar.
es during the Civil Rights Move-
ment. He served as the President

ALEXA CANADY THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN
FEMALE NEUROSURGEON
Dr. Alexa Canday is a medical
doctor specialising in pediatric first female African American neu-
neurosurgery. Her areas of exper- rosurgeon in the United States. She
tise include spinal abnormalities, is also the first African-American
congenital spinal abnormalities, board-certified neurosurgeon.
hydrocephalus and also trauma
and brain tumors. In 1981, Alexa
Candy became the

FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO GAIL FISHER
WIN AN EMMY AWARD

Gail Fisher was the first African
American to win an Emmy
Award on June 7, 1970.

JESSE LeROY BROWN FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN
NAVAL AVIATOR IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY
Jesse LeRoy Brown became the
first African American naval avia-
tor in the United States Navy.

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