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Gabrielle Wilson
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gabrielle_Wilson.jpg Gabrielle Wilson A Radio Personality in the San Francisco Bay Area [https://www.kpfa.org/events/celebrating-15-years-radio-g-abrielle-w-ilson-o-h-places-you%E2%80%99ll-g-o-reception-and-celebration since 1999], Wilson attended University of Paris studying French and International Law and received the degree of Juris Doctor in 2006. Her father, Roy S. Wilson was the first African American to attend Louisiana State University School of Law. A Host and Producer at KPFA Radio in Berkeley, CA her shows feature Straight Ahead Jazz, Blues, Afro-Cuban music and Public Affairs. As Music Director at KPFA, Wilson arranged for Ray Charles to receive awards of merit from Bay Area non-profit organizations at Oakland’s historic Paramount Theater and she has interviewed Branford Marsalis, Abbey Lincoln, Nat Hentoff, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Pharoah Sanders and Randy Weston among others. A Youth Advocate and Educator, Wilson is an , a non-profit Arts Education organization founded by Jason Hoffman and Yoshi Akiba of . Gabrielle has received awards including International Woman of Color. She participated in a Medical-Legal delegation from Oakland, California to Havana, Cuba in January 2013 and lives in Oakland, CA. References: http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2010-09-21/article/36284?headline=Radio-Station-KPFA-s-Jazz-Show-Personality-The-Doug-of-Edwards-Dies-at-80--By-Sam-Edwards-President-Friends-of-Negro-Spirituals-and-Gabrielle-Wilson-Producer-and-Co-host-Radio-Station-KPFA- http://www.louisianaweekly.com/honored-58-years-after-integrating-lsu/ http://books.google.com/books?id0VcEAAAAMBAJ&pgPA646&dq=roy+s.+wilson+integrates+lsu+law+school&hlen&saX&eio5ppU9qUDaiw8AHjjIG4Ag&ved0CFIQ6AEwAw#vonepage&qroy%20s.%20wilson%20integrates%20lsu%20law%20school&f=false 
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