Editing Max Robinson (section)

{{Short description|American journalist (1939-1988)}}
{{for|the Australian politician|Max Robinson (politician)}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Max Robinson
|image= MaxRobinson.gif
|imagesize=200px
|alt=
|caption=Robinson on ''ABC World News Tonight'', 1979.
|birthname=Maxie Cleveland Robinson Jr.<ref name=Enyc>{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Max-Robinson |title= Max Robinson |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated-->  |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |publisher=<!--Not stated-->  |access-date=February 2, 2018 }}</ref>
|birth_date={{birth date|1939|5|1}}<ref name=NT/><ref name=BLK>{{cite web |url=http://www.blackpast.org/aah/robinson-max-1939-1988 |title=Max Robinson (1939–1988) |last=Watson |first= Elwood |date=<!--Not stated--> |website=blackpast.org |publisher=<!--Not stated--> |access-date=February 2, 2018 }}</ref>
|birth_place=[[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S.
|spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Eleanor Booker<br />|1963|1968|reason=div.}}
* {{marriage|[[Hazel O'Leary]]<br />|1974|1975|end=annulled}}
* {{marriage|Beverly Hamilton<br />|1977|1985|reason=div.}}
}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1988|12|20|1939|5|1}}<ref name=NYT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/21/obituaries/max-robinson-49-first-black-to-anchor-network-news-dies.html |title=Max Robinson, 49, First Black To Anchor Network News, Dies |first=Jeremy |last=Gerald|date=December 21, 1988 |work= The New York Times |access-date=February 1, 2018 }}</ref><ref name=LA/><ref name=IL/>
|children = 4
|death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
|death_cause = Complications from [[AIDS]]<ref name=LA>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-12-22-vw-889-story.html |title=Max Robinson's Silent Struggle With AIDS |first=Betty |last= Cuniberti|date=December 22, 1988|newspaper=LA Times |access-date=February 1, 2018 }}</ref><ref name=NT>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/fashion/max-robinson-a-largely-forgotten-trailblazer-for-black-anchors.html |title=Max Robinson, a Largely Forgotten Trailblazer for Black Anchors |first= Laura M. |last= Holson|date=June 19, 2015 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 1, 2018 }}</ref>
|resting_place = [[Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland)|Lincoln Memorial Cemetery]]<br />[[Suitland, Maryland]], U.S.
|education=[[Indiana University]]<br />[[Oberlin College]]<br />[[Virginia Union University]]
|occupation=[[Journalist|Television journalist]]
|years_active=1959–1985<ref name=NT/> 
|credits= First African–American broadcast news anchor, ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]''.<ref name=IL/>
| family = [[Randall Robinson]] <small>(brother)</small>
}}
'''Maxie Cleveland Robinson Jr.'''<ref name=Enyc/> (May 1, 1939<ref name=NT/><ref name=BLK/> – December 20, 1988)<ref name=NYT/><ref name=LA/> was an American [[broadcast journalist]], most notably serving as co-anchor on ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]'' alongside [[Frank Reynolds]] and [[Peter Jennings]] from 1978 until 1983.<ref name=NT/><ref name=IL>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/05/18/max-robinson-fallen-star/ |title=Max Robinson: Fallen Star|first=James |last=Warren |date=May 18, 1989 |work= Chicago Tribune|access-date=June 13, 2024 }}</ref> Robinson is noted as the first [[African-American]] broadcast network news anchor in the United States.<ref name=NYT/><ref name=Enyc/><ref name=Hall>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/05/26/the-rise-and-dizzying-fall-of-max-robinson/61e675fb-a15b-4572-82f9-3f985a33cbab/ |title=The Rise, and Dizzying Fall, of Max Robinson|first=Carla|last= Hall |date=May 26, 1988 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=February 1, 2018 }}</ref> Robinson was a founder of the [[National Association of Black Journalists]].<ref>[http://www.nabj.org/?page=Founders NABJ Founders.]</ref>