Alice Allison Dunnigan - Pioneering Journalist
Season 15 Episode 9 | 26m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African-American female White House correspondent.
Renee Shaw and her guests remember the life of journalist, civil rights activist, and author Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first accredited African-American female correspondent to cover the White House, and the first black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries. Alice was born in Russellville, Kentucky, in 1906.
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Alice Allison Dunnigan - Pioneering Journalist
Season 15 Episode 9 | 26m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Renee Shaw and her guests remember the life of journalist, civil rights activist, and author Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first accredited African-American female correspondent to cover the White House, and the first black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries. Alice was born in Russellville, Kentucky, in 1906.
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