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Norma Quarles: "I Fought To Dispel Stereotypes. I Fought It In My Work"

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It was October of 1984, and then-NBC News correspondent Norma Quarles was resting in a New York hospital bed the night before elective surgery when she got a message from the League of Women Voters. Full Article at mediabistro.com

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  2. George W. Bush George W. Bush
  3. Macy's Macy's
  4. PBS PBS
  5. National Association of Black Journalists