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The New York Times / Katharine Q. Seelye / Apr 18
“Ms. Kennedy was an accomplished cook and knowledgeable about fashion, interior design and architecture. She was disappointed when she was told that she was ‘not ready’ for Styles, [reporter Lena Williams] said, though she occasionally freelanced for the section anyway. [Paul Delaney, the first Black reporter hired in the newspaper’s Washington bureau], said ‘you’re not ready’ was a common explanation when a Black reporter was denied a move. ‘That was the kind of stuff we faced all the time,’ he said. ‘That’s what we had to overcome.'”
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