| Title: |
Reminiscences of Ethel Payne
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP91-A5
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Women Journalists
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| Description: |
Childhood in Chicago: influence of family on politics, religion, career, education: Crane Junior College, Garrett Biblical Institute, Medill School of Journalism; experiences with Army Special Services, Japan, 1948-51; effects of Korean War on writing career; "Chicago Defender," 1951-78,Washington correspondent, 1953-73; McCarthy hearings, Bandung Conference of 1955, Nigerian Civil War, American civil rights movement, black Americans in Vietnam War, trip to China, 1973; appointment as associate editor and return to Chicago bureau, 1973; resignation, 1978; commentator, Columbia Broadcasting System's "Spectrum Program," 1972-78; opinions on blacks; press: treatment of black journalists, role of press in black community, impact of Jesse Jackson; reflections on women journalists; recollections of friends and colleagues.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 153 leaves, Tape: 15 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Washington Press Club Foundation in Washington, D.C., 1990. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1987 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Payne, Ethel, 1911-1991
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1911
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Journalist
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| Age at speaking: |
76
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| Document date: |
1987
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| Interviewer: |
Currie, Kathleen
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| Organizations discussed: |
Chicago Daily Defender, Chicago, IL; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
African American journalists; African American newspapers; African Americans--Politics and government; Broadcast journalism; Chicago Daily Defender, Chicago, IL; Journalism; Journalism--Social aspects; Journalists; Mass media; North America; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Oral history; Race relations; Segregation; Suffrage--African Americans--United States; United States; Women journalists
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Commentators; Medill School of Journalism; Payne, Ethel, 1911-1991
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0021276-16715
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