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Xernona Clayton Brady (née Brewster, born August 30, 1930) is an American civil rights leader and broadcasting executive. During the Civil Rights Movement, she worked for the National Urban League and Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where she became involved in the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
28 de abr. de 2021 · Xernona Clayton. Photograph: Rita Harper/The Guardian. An extraordinary activist, she fought for integrated hospitals, helped organise the March on Washington and became the first Black TV...
22 de jun. de 2005 · Xernona Clayton is a civic leader, journalist, and producer who worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ted Turner. Learn about her life, achievements, and activism in this biography and interview from The HistoryMakers.
Activista de los derechos civiles y ejecutiva de radiodifusión. La primera afroamericana en presentar un programa de televisión en el Sur. Nació en Muskogee, Oklahoma. Sus padres eran administradores de asuntos indígenas y apoyaban a los nativos americanos necesitados.
17 de jun. de 2022 · NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with civil rights activist Xernona Clayton about growing up in segregation, her first racist experience and working with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
1 de ago. de 2018 · Xernona Clayton discusses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s plan of love to fight the evils of poverty, injustice, and maltreatment. She recalls getting Dr. King to laugh on his last birthday when...
22 de dic. de 2018 · Learn about Xernona Clayton, the first woman to host a television show in the South and a close friend of Martin Luther King, Jr. She also founded the Trumpet Awards Foundation to honor African American achievements.
