African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and American historian John Hope Franklin. Later in life Poussaint taught at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Awards Poussaint won three Emmy Awards over the course of her career. She was recognized for reporting about Haitian migrant workers at a labor camp on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, an account of the return of the American hostages from Iran, and a profile about Washington Commanders owner Jack Kent Cooke. Death Poussaint died of lung cancer on March 4, 2022 at her home in D.C. A service in her honor was held at the Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ. Publications References African-American journalists American women television journalists American television reporters and correspondents Sarah Lawrence College alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni 1944 births 2022 deaths