Glória Maria
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Glória Maria grew up in a low-income household in the suburbs of [[Rio de Janeiro]]; her father worked as a tailor and her mother as a housewife.{{Cite web |title=Glória Maria |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/perfil/gloria-maria/noticia/gloria-maria.ghtml |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=memoriaglobo |date=29 October 2021 |language=pt-br}} |
Glória Maria grew up in a low-income household in the suburbs of [[Rio de Janeiro]]; her father worked as a tailor and her mother as a housewife.{{Cite web |title=Glória Maria |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/perfil/gloria-maria/noticia/gloria-maria.ghtml |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=memoriaglobo |date=29 October 2021 |language=pt-br}} |
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She lived with her grandmother after her parents divorced and was told her stories about her great-grandfather, who was hanged in the mountains of [[Minas Gerais]] state.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title= |
She lived with her grandmother after her parents divorced and was told her stories about her great-grandfather, who was hanged in the mountains of [[Minas Gerais]] state.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title= |url= |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=G1 |language=pt-BR}} Daughter of an enslaved mother, her grandmother was also a beneficiary of the 1871 [[Law of Free Birth]] and was thus born free. Her grandmother taught her that she needed to work to be free. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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In January 1970, Gloria Maria met with the news directors of [[TV Globo|Globo TV]], and shortly after became the special reporter for [[Globo Repórter]], sometimes co-presenting alongside [[Sérgio Chapelin|Sergio Chapelin]]. Glória Maria was the first black television reporter in Brazil, the first to present the seven o’clock news, and the first to command [[Fantástico]].{{Cite web |last=estadaoconteudo |title=Glória Maria foi a primeira repórter negra a se destacar na TV e a usar lei contra racismo |url=https://www.terra.com.br/nos/gloria-maria-foi-a-primeira-reporter-negra-a-se-destacar-na-tv-e-a-usar-lei-contra-racismo,712e0431b5c4b39a2f54544d2832acd9kpjkp2o0.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}} She had to face many barriers and obstacles to become a successful journalist and reporter.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} |
In January 1970, Gloria Maria met with the news directors of [[TV Globo|Globo TV]], and shortly after became the special reporter for [[Globo Repórter]], sometimes co-presenting alongside [[Sérgio Chapelin|Sergio Chapelin]]. Glória Maria was the first black television reporter in Brazil, the first to present the seven o’clock news, and the first to command [[Fantástico]].{{Cite web |last=estadaoconteudo |title=Glória Maria foi a primeira repórter negra a se destacar na TV e a usar lei contra racismo |url=https://www.terra.com.br/nos/gloria-maria-foi-a-primeira-reporter-negra-a-se-destacar-na-tv-e-a-usar-lei-contra-racismo,712e0431b5c4b39a2f54544d2832acd9kpjkp2o0.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Terra |language=pt-BR}} She had to face many barriers and obstacles to become a successful journalist and reporter.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-02 |title=Glória Maria deu visibilidade aos obstáculos que precisou enfrentar |url=https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2023/02/02/gloria-maria-deu-visibilidade-aos-obstaculos-que-precisou-enfrentar.ghtml |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=G1 |language=pt-BR}}{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} |
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For one year,{{When|date=January 2023}} Glória Maria worked two jobs, including weekends, before she acquired a position at Globo. She would start her shift at Globo at 8:00 a.m. and would leave at 8:00 p.m. Afterwards, she would attend pre-college prep courses and then go home to sleep for an hour. Glória Maria would wake up in the morning to go to her job at a telephone company. |
For one year,{{When|date=January 2023}} Glória Maria worked two jobs, including weekends, before she acquired a position at Globo. She would start her shift at Globo at 8:00 a.m. and would leave at 8:00 p.m. Afterwards, she would attend pre-college prep courses and then go home to sleep for an hour. Glória Maria would wake up in the morning to go to her job at a telephone company. |
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