She paved the way
History of Journalism
Courtesy of nytimes.com
HISTORY MAKER: Alice Allison Dunnigan was the first African American female journalist to cover the White House.
September 16, 2020
Amandy Telisme
Staff Writer
Sireayah Jones
Co Editor
Mariel Beckford
Co Editor
Roniyah Z. Moss
Staff Writer
Journalist Ida B Wells helped found the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs who in 1912 endorsed the suffrage movement two
years before its white counterpart. This year, 2020 marks the 100th year for a celebration of the ratification of the 19th Amendment –Women’s Right
to Vote. Today, September 17, 2020, is Constitution Day, and the month of September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month. You may join online
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