"Malvin-(Mal) Goode" (February 13,1908-September 12,1995)

hHe was born in White Plains,Virginia,educated in the public school system of

Homestead,Pennsylvania,and graduated from the University of  Pittsburgh in 1931.He was employed for twelve years as a laborer in the steel mills while  in high school and  college for five years after his graduation.Appointed  to a position in the Juvenile Court as a boys work director at the Centre Avenue YMCA,he   spearheaded  the fight against discrimination in the Pittsburgh branches of the of  YMCA.He worked  with the Pittsburgh Courier  (where he remained for 14 years).

A year later he began a career in radio broadcasting with KQV doing a 15-minute news show two nights a week.Soon,he had a five-minute daily news show WHOD radio where in 1952 he was named the stations news director.In 1962 he became  the first  African-American to work as a news correspondent  for ABC as a United Nations reporter.Malvin first assignment was coverning the Cuban Missle Crisis;he distinguished  himself  with incisive TV and radio reports during the long hours of debate at the UN.For two months in 1963 he joined three of  his peers to conduct  courses in journalism for over 1oo African students in seminars in Largos,Nigeria; Addis Abba,Ethiopia; Dar es Salaam,Tanzania.

He became the first African-American member of the National Association of Radio and Television News Directors in 1971.Malvin died of a stroke in Pittsburgh.