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Fri, 04.27.1906

Alice Dunnigan, Political Journalist born

Alice Dunnigan

*Alice Dunnigan was born on this date in 1906. She was a Black journalist who established a Black presence in political news coverage.

Born near Russellville, Ky., she attended Kentucky State College and later graduated from West Kentucky Industrial College. Dunnigan was the first Black woman accredited to the White House and the State Department to gain access to the House of Representatives and Senate galleries. She was also the first Black woman elected to the Women’s National Press Club.

In 1948, she became the first Black woman to cover a presidential campaign when she covered Harry S. Truman’s whistle-stop trip. Alice Dunnigan died in 1983.

to be a Journalist or Reporter

Reference:

History.KY.org

Encyclopedia.com

Black Women in America An Historical Encyclopedia
Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Darlene Clark Hine
Copyright 1993, Carlson Publishing Inc., Brooklyn, New York
ISBN 0-926019-61-9

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