Talk:Alice Allison Dunnigan

A fact from Alice Allison Dunnigan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Alice Allison Dunnigan became the first African-American journalist to accompany a U.S. president while traveling?

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Within your lead section, it seems as if you are stating facts about Alice Allison Dunnigan that read as if you are trying to make her relevant. WIth each statement, you are not explainnig why certain accolades are important, although you want us to know she is of importance. Reading, it comes off as a list of accolades.

Naomi Forbes (talk) 03:47, 21 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Some thoughts on the Alice Allison Dunnigan article[edit]

After reading through Ms. Dunnigan's article, there are a few things of note I feel should be considered in future iterations of the article. First, I believe the previous commenter is correct in that the lead section needs work; it does read like a list of accomplishments, which in hindsight would be alright if the following two paragraphs on the content of her work received equal attention. Furthermore, I believe the page would benefit from more sections for an easier flow when reading. Finally, I question the tone and the citations - for someone so recent to history, I would think there are more reliable sources to be found. Plus, it seems as though certain claims in the text i.e. regarding how she felt towards experiences at varying points in her life could benefit from an added citation. Elleaufrere (talk) 22:02, 13 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sources I will use to improve this page (in case anyone else is interested!)[edit]

From current wikipedia page:

The fascinating story of Black Kentuckians (Associated Publishers, 1982)
A Black Woman's Experience: From Schoolhouse to White House, (Dorrance, 1974)
Interview with Alice Dunnigan, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, 1979)
"Alice Allison Dunnigan," www.goddesscafe.com/FEMJOUR/dunnigan.html Writing for Social Change: Women Journalists, a project for young girls, Goddess Café
"Alice Allison Dunnigan," Great Black Kentuckians, Kentucky Commission on Human Rights
Biography File of Fisk University Library, Nashville, Tennessee
Papers of Alice A. Dunnigan, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

From brief research of my own - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/us/alice-allison-dunnigan-newseum-statue.html - Dunnigan, Alice Allison, and Carol McCabe Booker. Alone Atop the Hill: The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press. London: University of Georgia Press, 2015. - Streitmatter, Rodger. Raising Her Voice : African-american Women Journalists Who Changed History. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1994. - Dawson, Nancy J. “Alice Allison Dunnigan: Led the Fight for Black Journalists.” Crisis (15591573), vol. 114, no. 4, July 2007, p. 39. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=26400442&site=ehost-live&scope=site. - Alice Dunnigan. Rascoe, Ayesha • 2018 Sep 01 / Published in Journal Columbia Journalism Review. Volume 57. Issue 3. Page 125. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elleaufrere (talk • contribs) 01:54, 14 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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