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Apr 27, 1906 Russellville, Kentucky, United States Died on 06 May 1983 (aged 77)
journalist, civil rights activist and author
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About Alice Allison Dunnigan
- Alice Allison Dunnigan (April 27, 1906 – May 6, 1983) was an African-American journalist, civil rights activist and author.
- Dunnigan was the first African-American female correspondent to receive White House credentials, 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.
- She also has a Kentucky State Historical Commission marker dedicated to her.Alice chronicled the decline of Jim Crow during the 1940s and 1950s, which influenced her to become a civil rights activist.
- She was inducted into the Kentucky Hall of Fame in 1982.During her time as a reporter, she became the first black journalist to accompany a president while traveling, covering Harry S.
- Truman's 1948 campaign trip.
