On April 19, 1978, Max Robinson made history as the first Black anchor of a network newscast, joining ABC World News Tonight in 1978 and breaking barriers in American journalism. Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1939, Robinson faced systemic racism early in life, including being expelled from college for staging a protest against segregation. Still, he pushed forward, studying at Virginia Union University, an HBCU, and later launching his broadcasting career at a local TV station where his image w