Death of Simeon Booker

August 27, 1918 - December 10, 2017
| Age 99

First full-time African-American reporter at The Washington Post…
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Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing African-American journalist and the first full-time black reporter at The Washington Post, died Sunday at the age of 99, according to the Associated Press. For full coverage and obituary from Legacy.com, click here.

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