“Born Belvagene Melton in 1932 in Monroe, Louisiana, she was the oldest of four children. In the early 1940s, she and her family moved west to Oakland, where she attended public schools. She graduated from Berkeley High School in 1951, becoming the first in her family to get a high school diploma. Although she was accepted to San Francisco State University, she did not attend because her family could not afford the tuition.” https://www.kqed.org/news/11962918/groundbreaking-journalist-belva-davis-dies-at-92
– Belva Davis, believed to be the first Black female TV reporter in the western United States, died on Sept. 24, 2025 at age 92. In this "Sunday Morning" profile of Davis that aired on Feb. 26, 2023, "60 Minutes" correspondent Bill Whitaker (who, like many journalists, walked in her footsteps) looked back at her career, and described how making a dream a reality became her legacy. #KPIX#KQED#KRON#SanFrancisco#BayArea#journalism