"I just keep my head down and try to accomplish what my parents set out for me: that there wasn't anything I couldn't do. But I also look up periodically and think, "Who else can I pull along?" Because it's a failure if I'm up here by myself."
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Women authors from the United StatesAfrican AmericansWomen born in the 1950sJournalists from New York City
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On being viewed as a breakthrough figure in “The Great Moderator: Gwen Ifill on Witnessing History” in O Magazine (2009)
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Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill (September 29, 1955–November 14, 2016) was an American journalist, television newscaster, and author.
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