Payne, Ethel L., 1911-1991

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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

  • 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)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
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
Relation Name
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
Illinois--Chicago
Indonesia--Bandung
Africa, Southern
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Subject
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
Journalists
Social Activist
Activity

Person

Birth 1911

Death 1991

Birth 1911-08-14

Death 1991-05-28

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