Payne, Ethel L.

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)