From Schoolhouse to the White House: Alice Dunnigan
Alice Allison Dunnigan, the daughter of a Kentucky sharecropper, dreamed of becoming a journalist. She fought through segregation and sexism and went on to become the first Black woman accredited to cover the White House. She was also the first Black woman member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries. In 1947, Ms. Dunnigan became the head of the Associated Negro Press Washington Bureau, and spent 14 years writing stories printed in over 100 African-Americ