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Alice Dunnigan, Washington Correspondent for the Associated Negro Press


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Alice Dunnigan, Washington Correspondent for the Associated Negro Press
When correspondent Alice Dunnigan’s application for admission to the Senate daily press gallery went unanswered, she called repeatedly and made personal visits to the Capitol, persisting until she finally gained admission in June 1947.
credit: Emory University, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives & Rare Book Library