Development Program, which was designed to bring more young people into the journalism world, for The Washington Post in 1997. Post journalists work with students at local high schools, and in some cases, the Post prints the high-school newspapers for the schools. In 2004, while she held the position of J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Fellow at The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, Gilliam founded Prime Movers Media, the nation's first journalism mentorship program for underserved students at urban schools. The program sends veteran journalists and university interns to mentor high school student journalists in Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia. The Washington Press Club awarded Gilliam its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. The National Center for Health Research awarded Gilliam its Foremothers Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Gilliam was married to Sam Gilliam, a well-known abstract artist. They divorced in the 1980s but have three daughters (Stephanie, Melissa, and Leah) and also three grandchildren. Bibliography References External links Dorothy B. Gilliam, The HistoryMakers Dorothy Gilliam, Washington Press Club Foundation Oral History Project: Women in Journalism Living people 1936 births African-American women journalists African-American journalists 20th-century American journalists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American journalists 21st-century American women writers Lincoln University (Missouri) alumni Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni Writers from Memphis, Tennessee Journalists from Tennessee The Washington Post journalists American columnists American women columnists 20th-century African-American women 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American people