Belva Davis: A Bay Area Legend Tells All

Duration
1:05:28

Belva Davis: A Bay Area Legend Tells All


Broadcast Journalist; Host, “This Week In Northern California,” KQED Television; Author, My Wildest Dreams


In conversation with Ray Taliaferro, KGO Radio Host


Raised in a dysfunctional family in Louisiana and the Bay Area, Davis rose through the black radio industry, became the first black female reporter west of the Mississippi with her hiring at KPIX, and eventually anchored KQED’s “Evening Edition,” the station’s nightly news show. Davis will discuss her extraordinary journey, personal and professional.


This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 10, 2011