| Summary: | Journalist Carole Estelle Simpson was born on December 7, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. Graduating from the University of Michigan with her B.A. degree in journalism in 1962, Simpson became the first woman to broadcast the news in Chicago when she was hired by WCFL Radio in 1965. In 1968, Simpson worked for Chicago's WBBM Radio, covering the Civil Rights Movement. In 1970, she became Chicago's first African American female television reporter, working for the NBC affiliate WMAQ-TV. During the 1980s, Simpson joined ABC News as a correspondent, covering Vice President George Bush and the fall of Philippine Islands' President Ferdinand Marcos. In 1988, she was hired as a Sunday news anchor for ABC's World News Tonight. Throughout the 1990s, Simpson reported on Nelson Mandela's release from prison, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. In 2007, Simpson was hired as Leader in Residence at Emerson College in Boston Massachusetts.
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