doi:10.7916/d8-s7d2-6797Oral history interview with Alice Allison Dunnigan, 1971Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983oral historiesmixed materialJournalistsAfrican American pressAfrican American journalistsAfrican American women journalistsAfrican American sportswritersAfrican Americans--Civil rightsUnited States Race relationsDunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983Associated Negro PressThe Louisville defenderIn this interview, Dunnigan discusses her education, her work as an educator, her move to Washington, D.C., the job discrimination she faced as a black woman, and the barriers she broke. She describes her salary at different organizations, the need in journalism to work for multiple publications to make a livable wage, and how she gained accreditation to the Senate press gallery. Other topics of discussion include: Dunnigan’s work as a sports writer; the 1948 whistle stop train tour for President Truman’s reelection campaign; her opinions on the importance and future of the black press; and work-related trips abroad to Israel, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Canada. Publications discussed in the interview include: Louisville Sender, Service Magazine, Journal and Guide, Chicago Defender, Sepia Magazine, Louisville Defender, Louisville Leader, Afro American, Pittsburgh Courier, and the news service Associated Negro Press.