Nearly two decades after the first color televisions hit American stores, Roosevelt Toston was breaking the color barrier in Las Vegas television news. Toston, who became the first African ...

Lester Holt, the first African-American solo anchor of a weekday network nightly newscast, is leaving NBC Nightly News. The 65-year-old will anchor his final broadcast this summer. Holt did not ...

Holt has been with NBC News since 2000 ... He is the first African-American solo anchor of a weekday network nightly newscast.Holt's final air date has not yet been set. CNN contributed to ...

She joined WBIR as the station's first African American anchor in 1982 to cover the ... according to Knox News archives. "I came during the World's Fair when Knoxville was welcoming a lot of ...