Sutton knew of her Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame award at the University of Kentucky before her death in 1985. The family holds a Carol Sutton Memorial Scholarship Award in her honor every year, which has grown from one recipient to eight or twelve.[8] She was the first white woman to be inducted into theNational Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame.[3]
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