Cheryl McCall was born on May 7, 1950 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for Streetwise (1984) and Hard Copy (1987). She died on October 25, 2005 in Nevada City, California, USA.
Her life of activism began along with her college career when she
became the first freshman and first female editor of The South End
newspaper at Wayne State University in Detroit.
She wrote a piece on homeless children in Seattle, which inspired an
Academy Award-nominated documentary.
Until her death, McCall kept a 1970 letter written by then FBI director
J. Edgar Hoover that lists her as a threat to national security.