Alice Dunnigan and Ethel Payne were the first African American women to be members of the White House press corps. Now, they are being honored with the first-ever lifetime achievement awards in their names. CBSVillage
In the middle of the 20th century, the U.S. was a segregated nation. Schools and transportation in the South were separated based on race, and so was the nation's press.
Dunnigan landed a job in Washington, D.C., writing for the Associated Negro Press, a wire service for Black-owned papers. In 1947, Dunnigan became the first female African American reporter credentialed to cover the White House. In 1951, Payne was hired as a Washington reporter for the Chicago Defender, one of the country's leading Black newspapers.
"I'd like to know if we could assume that we have administration support in getting action on this?" Payne asked.
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