Title Alone atop the Hill : The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press / Alice Allison Dunnigan ; [edited by] Carol McCabe Booker

Published Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History Contents Preface -- Part I. Those Early Years -- Chapter 1. No Greater Thrill -- Chapter 2. The Family Tree and Its Bittersweet Fruit -- Chapter 3. Alone atop a Hill -- Chapter 4. School Days -- Chapter 5. Where There's a Will -- Chapter 6. The Job Hunt -- Chapter 7. The Ups and Downs of My First Job -- Chapter 8. A Plunge into the Sea of Matrimony -- Chapter 9. A Rugged Voyage Ends -- Chapter 10. Moving On -- Chapter 11. Wading through the Depression -- Chapter 12. Seeking Identity, Experience, and Recognition Part II. A Great New World -- Chapter 13. Converging on Washington -- Chapter 14. Breaking Down Race -- and Gender -- Barriers -- Chapter 15. A Trip with the President -- Chapter 16. The Civil Rights Fights of the Forties -- Chapter 17. Profiles of Injustice -- Chapter 18. The President Proposes; the Congress Debates -- Chapter 19. Almost Pushing the Panic Button -- Chapter 20. Freedom Fights of the Fifties -- Chapter 21. Eisenhower's Pique -- Epilogue Summary "Booker proposes the republication of Alice Allison Dunnigan's original, unedited autobiography A Black Woman's Experience: From School House to White House (unavailable except as a collector's item). Alice Dunnigan (1906-1983) was the first African American woman to break the color and gender barriers of national journalism. During her time as a journalist, she reported for the Louisville Defender and Chicago Defender, and was a member of the Negro Associated Press. Dunnigan has been inducted into the Kentucky Hall of Fame for Journalism (1982) and for Human Rights (2010), and in 2013 was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame. The original autobiography was self-published and quite long, thus failing to gain the wide readership it might have; Booker aims to make Dunnigan's story available once more and highly readable for a general audience. She has edited from its original 673 pages into a flowing, compelling narrative of approximately 234 pages (71,000 words)"-- Provided by publisher Notes "With a foreword by Simeon Booker" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983. SUBJECT Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983 Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983 fast Subject African American women journalists -- Biography Journalists -- United States -- Biography LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Editors, Journalists, Publishers. African American women journalists Journalists United States Genre/Form Biographies Form Electronic book LC no. 2014035977 ISBN 9780820348605 0820348600

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