who was the first black female tv host
Acclaimed TV, stage and screen actress Cicely Tyson became the first black female to host âSaturday Night Liveâ during its fourth season on February 10, 1979.
Who was the first African American woman to host a TV show? The first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated talk television show was Ms. Alice Travis (For You Black Women 1977). Then on the same series Ms. Nell Basse â¦ tt hosted in1979. Then Ms. Freda Payne, from 1980 to 1984, hosted the series when the series changed its name to Today's Black Women. Oprah went on the air with her show in 1985.