Journalist Karen Hudson Samuels remembered as curator of Black history and Detroit culture
As a child, Karen Hudson Samuels had a front row seat to racial segregation when she attended school in North Carolina.
Decades later, Mrs. Samuels would become a curator of Black History and culture in Detroit, helping to preserve buildings and other sites that played a role
in Detroit s African American history.
Mrs. Samuels, a former Detroit television anchor and historian, died suddenly Feb. 9. The cause of death has not yet been determined. She was 68.
Funeral services were held Friday.
Earlier this month, Mrs. Samuels efforts to preserve Detroit s Black History paid off when the WGPR-TV broadcast museum she founded and curated was designated to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Former WGPR-TV anchor, Karen Hudson-Samuels, died on February 9, aged 68
According to her husband, Cliff, Samuels died a day after getting COVID vaccine
It s unclear which vaccine Hudson-Samuels took, but autopsy report is pending
Hudson-Samuels was beloved by the Detroit community and being remembered as an important figure in the city s media history
In 2016, she helped establish William V. Banks Broadcast Museum, which details legacy of WGPR-TV, the first station owned by African Americans in the US
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