If you don’t know the name Luther Keith, you should.
Keith was the first Black sportswriter at a Detroit daily newspaper.
He was the first Black statehouse reporter in Michigan. In 1982, he became the first Black assigning editor. And 10 years later, he was appointed assistant managing editor, making him the first Black masthead-level editor in the paper’s history.
All of those firsts took place during his 33 years at The Detroit News.
The native son of Detroit died peacefully in his sleep on March 5. He was 74.
