The Bay Area on Monday will celebrate the life and legacy of trailblazing journalist Belva Davis.
A public celebration of life for Davis, the first Black female television journalist in the West, will be held at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The service starts at 11 a.m.
Davis died in September after a long illness. She was 92.
Davis got her start in print journalism, writing for Jet Magazine, the Sun-Reporter, and The Bay Area Independent.
That led to work at several local stations over her long career, including the NBC station in the Bay Area for 18 years.
She interviewed countless figures, from Martin Luther King Jr. to Fidel Castro to Frank Sinatra.
Today, she’s known as an icon who helped change the face of American journalism.
Source: NBC Bay Area