Alice allison dunnigan biography books

Journalist, civil rights activist and author

Alice Allison Dunnigan (April 27, – May 6, )^[2] was an American journalist, civil rightsactivist and author.^[3][4] Dunnigan was the first African-American female correspondent to receive White House credentials,^[5] and the first black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries.

She wrote an autobiography entitled Alice A. Dunnigan: A Black Woman's Experience.^[5] She is commemorated by an official Kentucky Historical Society marker.^[6]

Alice chronicled the decline of Jim Crow during the s and s, which influenced her to become a civil rights activist.^[3] She was inducted into the Kentucky Hall of Fame in ^[7]

During her time as a reporter, she became the first black journalist to accompany a president while traveling, covering Harry S.

Truman's campaign trip.^[7]

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