[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 690 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 690

 Commending Alice Allison Dunnigan for her barrier-breaking career in 
                              journalism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 12, 2019

    Ms. Clarke of New York (for herself and Ms. Kelly of Illinois) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                        on Oversight and Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Commending Alice Allison Dunnigan for her barrier-breaking career in 
                              journalism.

Whereas Alice Allison Dunnigan was born on April 27, 1906, in Russellville, 
        Kentucky, where she overcame poverty, segregation, and sexism in order 
        to break barriers for African-American women throughout the country;
Whereas Ms. Dunnigan served as Washington Bureau Chief of the Associated Negro 
        Press from 1947 to 1961, publishing stories in over 110 African-American 
        newspapers throughout the country, informing people of the ways in which 
        government decisions impacted their lives and forcing decisionmakers to 
        address key issues impacting minority communities;
Whereas Ms. Dunnigan became the first African-American woman accredited to cover 
        the White House, Congress, Department of State, and Supreme Court as a 
        result of her proven journalism skills and hard-hitting reporting style;
Whereas Ms. Dunnigan was one of only three African Americans and one of two 
        women in the press corps that fully covered President Harry S. Truman's 
        1948 Presidential campaign;
Whereas Ms. Dunnigan's commitment to truth, honesty, and equality served as the 
        basis for her employment as an education consultant to the President's 
        Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity under the Kennedy 
        administration, where she fought to ensure that all Americans had equal 
        employment rights regardless of age, race, or sex;
Whereas Ms. Dunnigan was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated; and
Whereas Ms. Dunnigan demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to journalism, the 
        truth, and equality for all Americans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives commends Alice Allison 
Dunnigan for her barrier-breaking career in journalism.
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