| Description |
xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Revision of the author's A Black woman's experience : from school house to White House (1974). |
| Summary |
"Alice Dunnigan (1906-1983) was the first African American woman to break the color and gender barriers of national journalism. During her time as a journalist, she reported for the Louisville Defender and Chicago Defender, and was a member of the Negro Associated Press. Dunnigan has been inducted into the Kentucky Hall of Fame for Journalism (1982) and for Human Rights (2010), and in 2013 was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. [Her] original autobiography was self-published and quite long, thus failing to gain the wide readership it might have; Booker aims to make Dunnigan's story available once more and ... readable for a general audience."-- Publisher information. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Those early years. No greater thrill -- The family tree and its bittersweet fruit -- Alone atop a hill -- School days -- Where there's a will -- The job hunt -- The ups and downs of my first job -- A plunge into the sea of matrimony -- A rugged voyage ends -- Moving on -- Wading through the depression -- Seeking identity, experience, and recognition -- A great new world. Converging on Washington -- Breaking down race and gender barriers -- A trip with the president -- The civil rights fights of the forties -- Profiles of injustice -- The president proposes; the congress debates -- Almost pushing the panic button -- Freedom fights of the fifties -- Eisenhower's pique. |
| Subject |
Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983.
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Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983. |
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African American women journalists -- Biography.
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African American women journalists. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers. |
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Journalists. |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. |
| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Booker, Carol McCabe, 1944- editor.
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| Added Title |
Black woman's experience
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Alone on top of the hill : the autobiography of Alice Dunnigan pioneer of the national Black press |
| Other Editions: |
Revision of Black woman's experience Philadelphia : Dorrance, [1974] 73080761 |
| ISBN |
9780820347981 (hardback) (acid-free paper) |
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0820347981 (hardback) (acid-free paper) |
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