She started as an intern under owner Dr. Carleton Goodlett and worked her up to publisher. I got a chance to do what I love to do, Ashley-Ward says. Be with the people that I love, cover the community that I ve come from, the community that I love. I ve had fun things like interviewing superstars, hanging with sports figures, covering amazing women like Maya Angelou, Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, Myrlie Evers.
It hasn t always been easy, but she persevered, driven by her belief in the Black press and what it means for the Black community. We get to have this audience, this conversation with our community every week, Ashley-Ward says. What you should be doing, who you should vote for, let s think about who should we have a talk with, because they re not doing their part by giving back to our community.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) This Black History Month, ABC7 News is celebrating the people in our community who are working to Build a Better Bay Area by making Black history right now.
During an online meeting in Jan. 2021, Shamann Walton became Black history. He is the first Black man elected president of San Francisco s Board of Supervisors. As the first Black man to serve in this role, Supervisor Walton explains, I really think what it does for the young people that I ve worked with over the years in isolated disenfranchised communities, as you look at the small Black population that we have left, I think it really sets the tone for our young people to understand and know that they can be anything they want and serve any role and leadership as a Black man in this city.