Hazel Garland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American Journalist
Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1913
Place of Birth: Terre Haute, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 05-Apr-1988
Profession: journalist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Hazel Garland
- Hazel B.
- 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.
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