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Morris, James McGrath.
Subjects
Payne, Ethel L.
Women journalists, Black -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Television journalists, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography
War correspondents, Black -- United States -- Biography
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography
Journalists, Black -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Women, Black -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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Eye on the struggle ...
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070.92 P346m
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Morris, James McGrath.
Payne, Ethel L.
Women journalists, Black -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Television journalists, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography
War correspondents, Black -- United States -- Biography
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography
Journalists, Black -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Women, Black -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
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Eye
on the
struggle
:
Ethel
Payne
, the
first
lady
of the
Black
Press
/ James McGrath Morris.
by
Morris, James McGrath.
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Call #:
070.92 P346m
Subjects
Payne
,
Ethel
L.
Women journalists,
Black
-- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Television journalists,
Black
-- United States -- Biography.
Television journalists -- United States -- Biography
War correspondents,
Black
-- United States -- Biography
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography
Journalists,
Black
-- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Women,
Black
-- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780062198853 (hc.)
0062198858 (hc.)
Edition:
First
edition.
Description:
x, 466 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-400) and index.
Contents:
A presidential pen -- Throop Street -- Red summer -- Driftwood -- An abundance of nerve -- Musketeer -- Time to leave -- Japan -- Chocolate Joe -- Cub reporter -- More unwanted babies -- A taste of national politics -- Washington -- Feared Negro -- Turning like a spinning top -- Asking questions no one else would -- Irks Ike -- Bandung -- The Defender's Nellie Bly -- South at the crossroads -- The gladiator wears a reverse collar -- Ghana -- A toothless act -- The vice-president comes calling -- The door remains closed -- We shall overcome -- Soul brothers in Vietnam -- Playing into their hands -- The poor people's campaign -- Resurrection city -- Nixon redux -- Africa bound -- China -- You can't go home again -- Finding a new role -- On her own African mission -- Professor
Payne
-- Hymietown -- Agitate, agitate, agitate -- Forgotten -- Citizen of the world.
Summary:
Acclaimed biographer James McGrath Morris brings into focus the riveting life of pioneering journalist
Ethel
Payne
(1911 – 1991), known as The
First
Lady
of the
Black
Press
.
Payne
broke new ground as the Washington correspondent for the Chicago Defender; publicly prodded President Dwight D. Eisenhower to support desegregation; and reported on legislative and judicial civil rights battles, enlightening and activating
black
readers across the nation. In 1972, she became the
first
female African American radio and television commentator on a national network, working for CBS. Morris skillfully illuminates the life of this ambitious, influential, and groundbreaking woman, from her childhood growing up in South Chicago to her career as a journalist and network news commentator, reporting on some of the most crucial events in modern American history.
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Biographies.
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