Carole Simpson Biography (1940-)

Full name, Carole Estelle Simpson; born December 7, 1940, in Chicago, IL; daughter of Lytle Ray and Doretha Viola (maiden name, Wilbon) Simpson; married James Edward Marshall (an engineer), September 3, 1966; children: Mallika JoyMarshall, Adam Marshall. Addresses: Office: ABC News, 1717 DeSales St.Northwest, Washington, DC 20036.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Broadcast journalist, news anchor, writer
Birth Details: December 7, 1940; Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Commentator, Our People (public affairs series), WTTW-TV (Chicago,IL), c. 1968-1970
Anchor, ABC World News Tonight Saturday (also known as World News Tonight Saturday), ABC, 1988-1993
Anchor, ABC World News Tonight Sunday (also known as World NewsTonight Sunday), ABC, 1993-
Host of Her-Rah (public affairs series), WRC-TV (NBC affiliate inWashington, DC).
Specials
Anchor, Public Schools in Conflict: A Question of Values, ABC, 1985
Anchor, Sex, Violence and Values: Changing Images, ABC, 1986
Reporter, The '88 Vote: Election Night, ABC, 1988
Reporter, Black in White America, ABC, 1989

Moderator, The Second Presidential Debate, ABC, 1992
Growing Up in the Age of AIDS: An ABC News Town Meeting for the Family--with Peter Jennings, ABC, 1992
Correspondent, Children First: Real Kids, Real Solutions, ABC, 1995
Correspondent in Chicago, ABC 2000, ABC, 1999
Herself, Born in My Heart: A Love Story, ABC, 2001
She Says: Women in News, PBS, 2001
Also appeared in The Changing American Family, ABC; for ABC affiliates, coanchored news coverage of the Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton.
Episodic
Narrator, "O. J. Simpson," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
Contributor of "American Agenda" segments to ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings (also known as World News Tonight with Peter Jennings), ABC. Also appeared in ABC News Nightline (also known as Nightline), Business World, and 20/20, all ABC.
Radio Appearances
News anchor, reporter, movie reviewer, and book reviewer for WCFL Radio,Chicago, IL, 1965-68; reporter for WBBM Radio, Chicago, IL, 1968-70.
WRITINGS
Teleplays
Specials
Children First: Real Kids, Real Solutions, ABC, 1995
Wrote column "On My Mind" for ABCNEWS.com.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Black Biography, Volume 30, Gale, 2001
Notable Black American Women, Book 1, Gale, 1992

Periodicals

Quill, June, 1994, pp. 24-28

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