[1] Knight Thompson was Public Affairs Director at Pacifica Radio's KPFA in the San Francisco Bay Area, from 1957 to the early 1970s.
She was a pathfinder for women in broadcasting and a leading figure in the history of Pacifica Radio and KPFA.
While at KPFA, Thompson produced programs on civil rights issues,[2] the rise of the Black Panther Party[3][4] and the Vietnam War,[5][6] as well as her 1960 documentary on the House Un-American Activities Committee called Black Friday.
She was born in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to Murel Bolden and Earl Knight.
At the British Broadcasting Corporation in London during World War II, she headed the international desk of the program Radio Newsreel.