Английская Википедия:Bea Moten-Foster

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Bea Moten-Foster (1938–2011) was a pioneering radio journalist in the United States, and founder and publisher of the Muncie Times, an African-American newspaper that served Muncie and surrounding cities. In addition to her newspaper work, Moten-Foster is remembered as the first African American to broadcast from the United Nations, the first African American woman radio announcer in Indianapolis, and the first African American woman to host a television show in Indianapolis.

Early life and radio career

Moten-Foster was born Beatrice Moten in Selma, Alabama, on July 20, 1937.Шаблон:Sfn Her first job was picking cotton.Шаблон:Sfn In the 1960s she participated in the civil rights movement and was arrested in Talladega, Alabama for riding at the front of a bus.Шаблон:Sfn

Upon graduating from high school, Moten-Foster moved to Birmingham and began her career as a radio journalist.Шаблон:Sfn She subsequently moved to Miami, where she co-hosted an all-night jazz show with Flip Wilson on radio station WFAB.Шаблон:Sfn After WFAB changed to an all-Spanish-language format, she moved to New York City.

From 1965 to 1969, Moten-Foster hosted a radio show on WNJR called "African Profiles," in which she profiled over 65 African diplomats.Шаблон:Sfn In this capacity, she was the first African American to broadcast from the United Nations.Шаблон:Sfn

Indianapolis career

Moten-Foster served as the first Black woman radio announcer in Indianapolis.Шаблон:Sfn Moten-Foster initially moved to Indianapolis in an effort to reconcile with her first husband, who had moved there.

In the 1970s, Moten-Foster served as chair of the Indianapolis Black Bicentennial Committee.Шаблон:Sfn The Committee, established in 1975, was part of a broader upsurge in interest in Black history in Indiana during the 1970s.Шаблон:Sfn The committee intended to publish two books, but the project stalled and Moten-Foster instead completed one of the books, a cookbook, herself.Шаблон:Sfn

Moten-Foster's resulting 1976 book 200 Years of Black Cookery is remembered as an example of the renaissance in African-American cuisine in the 1970s.Шаблон:Sfn The book built upon her experiences as a UN reporter in the 1960s, when she collected African recipes from many diplomats.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1989, Moten-Foster became the announcer of a television show on WFBM-TV, the Bea Moten-Foster Show, making her the first Black woman television announcer in Indianapolis.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Muncie career

Moten-Foster moved from Indianapolis to Muncie in the early 1980s, subsequently marrying a Ball State University professor named Robert O. Foster.Шаблон:Sfn In 1991, Moten-Foster founded the Muncie Times, with an initial budget for the project was fifty dollars.Шаблон:Sfn It was the first Black paper serving Muncie to last for more than a few months.Шаблон:Sfn

By the late 1990s, the Times had a circulation of about 8000,Шаблон:Sfn reaching 10,000 by 2011.Шаблон:Sfn It was published twice a month.Шаблон:Sfn

Moten-Foster was honored as a Sagamore of the Wabash on multiple occasions,Шаблон:Sfn including by Evan Bayh.Шаблон:Sfn She was also honored as Outstanding Businessperson of the Year by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce in 1996.Шаблон:Sfn

Death and legacy

Moten-Foster died April 9, 2011. Her husband Robert O. Foster had died approximately three weeks earlier.Шаблон:Sfn Moten-Foster's death was remarked upon, among others, by then-United States Representative Mike Pence, who read a memorial to her on the House floor.Шаблон:Sfn

On Moten-Foster's death, ownership of the Muncie Times passed to Moten-Foster's daughter Rev. Pamela Emmanuel, but it soon ceased publication.

In 2018, a marker was added to the Muncie Walk of Fame honoring Moten-Foster and her husband.[1]

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