Atlanta's First Black Broadcast Reporters Recall Their 'Struggle Behind The Lens' In New Documentary

When Lorenzo "Lo" Jelks joined WSB-TV in 1967 as the station's
first black, on-air reporter, viewers didn't see him. Though they
heard his voice and saw his name, actually getting on camera
represented another challenge entirely – one that required a
concerted effort, led by civil rights activist Lonnie King and
Atlanta's NAACP. A new documentary from the Atlanta Association of
Black Journalists chronicles that effort and the trailblazing men
and women who became Atlanta's first broadcast journalists. Among
those featured in Black & Reporting: The Struggle behind the
Lens is Walt Elder , the first African American to report morning
headline news at WSB.