News, thoughts and ramblings about mass media history (and, occasionally, other subjects)
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
A nod to the classroom where things began
Monday, May 5, 2014
Correspondents finally recogize Harry McAlpin
Pioneering black journalist Harry McAlpin got some long overdue recognition at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday night. McAlpin, a reporter for the Chicago Defender, covered the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, but the association refused membership to blacks. That injustice was finally corrected this year as McAlpin was admitted posthumously and a scholarship was started in his name.
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