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Groundbreaking CBS6 Reporter Ken Screven Dies Groundbreaking CBS6 Reporter Ken Screven Dies
Groundbreaking CBS6 Reporter Ken Screven Dies Longtime CBS6-WRGB reporter Ken Screven has died, the station reports. The first Black man to work as a reporter for a Capital District television station, Screven, who was 72, joined the CBS6 team in 1977. “As a Black man on TV in Albany in the early 70's, Ken was a trailblazer with a conscience. He even profiled his own family history in the deep south where his great grandfather was a slave,” the outlet said. After retiring in 2011, Screven found more success writing a popular blog for the Albany Times Union, where he “denounced racism, bias, and bigotry in their many forms,” according …

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