Payne, Ethel L., 1911-1991
Journalist.
From the description of Reminiscences of Ethel Payne: oral history, 1987. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513915
Journalist and social activist. Born 1911; died 1991.
From the description of Ethel L. Payne papers, 1857-1991 (bulk 1973-1991). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072632
Biographical Note
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1911, Aug. 14:
Born, Chicago, Ill. -
1928 -circa 1931 :Attended Crane Junior College, Chicago, Ill. and Garrett Institute, Evanston, Ill. -
1939 -1947 :Library assistant, Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Ill. -
1940 -1942 :Attended Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill. -
1948 -1951 :Director, United States Army service club, quartermaster depot, Tokyo, Japan -
1951 -1978 :Associate editor and reporter, Sengstacke Newspapers -
1953 -1973 :Washington correspondent, Sengstacke Newspapers -
1955:
Covered Asian-African Conference, Bandung, Indonesia -
1957:
Accompanied Vice President Richard Nixon to independence ceremonies, Accra, Ghana -
1957 -1989 :Wrote syndicated columns "So This Is Washington," "From Where I Sit," and "Behind the Scenes" -
1966 -1967 :Reported on Afro-American soldiers in Vietnam -
1969:
Covered civil war in Nigeria -
1972 -1982 :Commentator, "Spectrum," CBS Radio Network -
1976:
Accompanied Secretary of State Henry Kissinger tour of Africa -
1979:
Published America's Black Colleges: Roots, Rewards, Renewals. Washington, D.C.: Delta Sigma Theta -
1981:
Writer-in-residence, Jackson State University, Jackson, Miss. -
1982:
Visited and reported on refugee camps in Somalia, Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbawe for AfriCare -
1982 -1983 :Visiting professor, Ida B. Wells Distinguished Journalism Chair, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. -
1985 -1991 :Board of directors, Africare -
1991, May 28:
Died, Washington, D.C.
From the guide to the Ethel L. Payne Papers, 1857-1991, (bulk 1973-1991), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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referencedIn | Washington Press Club Foundation. Washington Press Club Foundation oral history interviews, 1990s [manuscript]. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
referencedIn | Black journalists, then & now [manuscript], 1986-1987. | Oregon Historical Society Research Library | |
creatorOf | Payne, Ethel, 1911-1991. Reminiscences of Ethel Payne: oral history, 1987. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
referencedIn | Black journalists, then & now, 1986-1987 | Oregon Historical Society Research Library | |
creatorOf | Payne, Ethel L., 1911-1991. Ethel L. Payne papers, 1974-1994. | Chicago History Museum | |
creatorOf | Ethel L. Payne Papers, 1857-1991, (bulk 1973-1991) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | Women in Journalism Oral History Project. Interview transcripts, 1988-1994 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
Role | Title | Holding Repository |
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Filters:
Relation | Name | |
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associatedWith | African American Newspapers. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Africare (Organization) | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Alexander, Clifford L., 1933- | person |
associatedWith | Asian-African Conference. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Austin family. | family |
associatedWith | Austin family. | family |
correspondedWith | Berry, Faith | person |
correspondedWith | Bookbinder, Hyman Harry, 1916- | person |
associatedWith | Boswell family. | family |
associatedWith | Boswell family. | family |
correspondedWith | Brutus, Dennis, 1924-2009 | person |
associatedWith | CBS Inc. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Chicago Defender Company. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Currie, Kathleen, | person |
associatedWith | Democratic Party (U.S.) | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Dukes, Ofield, 1932- | person |
correspondedWith | Dukes, Ofield, 1932- | person |
correspondedWith | Dumas, Joseph C. (Joseph Cardozo) | person |
associatedWith | Fisk University | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Gray, Thelma E. (Thelma Elizabeth), 1905-1987 | person |
correspondedWith | Hicks, John H., 1928- | person |
correspondedWith | Johnson, Avis Ruth, 1918- | person |
correspondedWith | Johnson, James A. (James Avery), 1944- | person |
correspondedWith | Johnson, Mal, 1924- | person |
correspondedWith | Mandela, Winnie | person |
correspondedWith | Mandela, Winnie | person |
associatedWith | McFarlane, Bryan, | person |
associatedWith | McFarlane, Bryan, artist. | person |
associatedWith | Medill School of Journalism. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Meer, Fatima | person |
correspondedWith | Meer, Fatima | person |
associatedWith | Metropolitan Women's Democratic Club. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 | person |
associatedWith | Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Payne family. | family |
associatedWith | Payne family. | family |
correspondedWith | Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 | person |
correspondedWith | Sadler, Charles R. | person |
associatedWith | Sengstacke Enterprises. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Washington Press Club Foundation. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Whitfield, Mal, 1924- | person |
associatedWith | Women in Journalism Oral History Project. | corporateBody |
correspondedWith | Young, Aurelia Norris | person |
Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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Illinois--Chicago | |||
Indonesia--Bandung | |||
Africa, Southern | |||
Washington (D.C.) | |||
United States |
Subject |
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African American journalists |
African American newspapers |
African Americans |
African Americans in the newspaper industry |
African American women |
African American women journalists |
Broadcast journalism |
Congresses and conventions |
Congresses and conventions |
Foreign correspondents |
Foreign correspondents |
Foreign correspondents |
Journalism |
Journalism |
Journalists |
Mass media and race relations |
Newspapers |
Segregation and the press |
Social problems |
Social problems |
Social problems |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 |
Women in journalism |
Women journalists |
Occupation |
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Journalists |
Social Activist |
Activity |
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Person
Birth 1911
Death 1991
Birth 1911-08-14
Death 1991-05-28