Alice Allison Dunnigan
The first African-American female correspondent to receive White House credentials
“In 1942 Alice Allison Dunnigan, a sharecropper’s daughter from Kentucky, made her way to the nation’s capital and a career in journalism that eventually led her to the White House. With Alone atop the Hill, Carol McCabe Booker has condensed Dunnigan’s 1974 self-published autobiography to appeal to a general audience and has added scholarly annotations that provide historical context. Dunnigan’s dynamic story reveals her importance to the fields of journalism, women’s history, and the civil rights movement and creates a compelling portrait of a groundbreaking American.”
Reading this about the book Alone atop the Hill made me immediately put it on hold at the library. It came in and was a fast read!! I knew NOTHING about this women and I am totally AMAZED by her. What’s so funny is while reading this the press has been attacked and banned. This keeps happening ! I put a book on hold and while reading it the world has events that are relevant to the story, making the read even more fun!
Check out this amazing lady’s story!
PEACE.
