# Roy Wood Sr.

> Roy Norris Wood Sr. was an African American radio pioneer, civil rights journalist, commentator, college professor, and entrepreneur. Wood was the host of the nationally syndicated TV show Black's View on the News. He was a co-founder of the National Black Network, one of the first broadcast networks to produce programming specifically for African Americans.

*African-American radio pioneer, civil rights journalist, commentator, entrepreneur (1915-1995)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/roy-wood-sr

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1915-09-15
- **Died:** 1995-10-15
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.2 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 1.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 27.9 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 49.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Roy Wood Sr.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Wood_Sr.)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96579990)

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