Connect with us

Seeing Butterflies

Newseum Honors Alice Allison Dunnigan, The First Black Woman to Serve as a White House Reporter

Black Women in History

Newseum Honors Alice Allison Dunnigan, The First Black Woman to Serve as a White House Reporter

By Terrell Jermaine Starr via https://www.theroot.com

The first black woman accredited to cover the White House was honored with her own life-sized statue at the Newseum Friday, in Washington, D.C., the Associated Press reports.

Alice Allison Dunnigan, who faced both sexism and racism during her career, was tapped to be the Washington bureau chief for the Associated Negro Press, after a stint at The Chicago Defender. Dunnigan’s role had her writing about government and politics for 112 black newspapers. In 1947, she made history when she received White House press credentials and joined the White House traveling press corps covering President Harry Truman’s re-election campaign in 1948.

Continue Reading
You may also like...

I am a future butterfly at the stage of growth when I am turning into an adult. I am enclosed in a hard case shell formed by love, family, and friends. It is the hardest stage of becoming a black butterfly. You will encounter many hardships only to come out stronger and better than what you went in. At this stage, you are finding out who you truly are and how to love yourself.

More in Black Women in History

To Top