• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Spelman College

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•Honorary Doctor of Laws, Briarwood College, Southington, Conn.
 

• Women of Distinction, Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama
 

• Ida B. Wells award for national media diversity, given by the National Association of Black Journalists and the National  Conference of Editorial Writers
 

• Robert G. McGruder award for national media diversity, given by the Associated Press Managing Editors and the Freedom Forum
 

• Hall of Fame, National Association of Black Journalists, Southeast /Region III
 

• Career Achievement Leadership Award, Columbia University School of Journalism

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