Black History Month 2019 Spotlight

An interesting fact: After tumultuous years at the White House, Dunnigan returned to writing, and penned her autobiography, A Black Woman's Experience: From Schoolhouse to White House (published in 1974). The book is an exploration of Dunnigan's life from her childhood in rural Kentucky to her ground-breaking work both covering the White House and being on the inside of it. inside it. A new interpreted edition of her 1974 autobiography was released in February 2015, titled Alone atop of the Hill: The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press. Despite her extensive work in government and politics, she was particularly proud of her work in journalism, and received over 50 awards for journalism. She died of ischemic bowel disease on May 6, 1983, in Washington, D.C. Two years after her death in 1985, she was inducted into the Black Journalist Hall of Fame.

Read more about Ms. Dunnigan in oure February 2018 archive issue.