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Trailblazer in the Booth: How Jemele Hill's Endorsement Highlights a Historic Moment at ESPN

Trailblazer in the Booth: How Jemele Hill's Endorsement Highlights a Historic Moment at ESPN

LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 23: Jemele Hill speaks onstage at the Genius Talks sponsored by AT&T during the 2018 BET Experience at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 23, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for BET)Getty Images.

“So the idea is like, I’m just trying not to screw it up,” she continued. “I’m
just trying to go out there and do what you’ve
been training to do and preparing to do. You hear
that all the time, but like I was just like,
I don’t want to F this up because who knows
when the next Black woman will have this opportunity to sit in this chair.”

Hill noted that Greene remains the first and only Black woman to hold the distinction as a full-time football announcer for a major network. Greene called that fact “disappointing” while sending a rallying cry to others attempting to break the glass ceiling she has yet to fully shatter.

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