Ethel Lois Payne (1911 - 1991)

Born 14 Aug 1911 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 28 May 1991 at age 79 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Biography

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Ethel Lois Payne was an American journalist, editor, and foreign correspondent. Known as the "First Lady of the Black Press," She was the first black woman to be accredited to the White House press corps in the early 1950s, and reported from 30 countries.^[1]

Ethel Payne was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1911.^[2]

She attended Chicago public schools and furthered her education at the Crane Junior College, Chicago Training School (later the Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary), and Northwestern University.^[3]

She was a writer for Chicago's black newspaper, The Chicago Defender, and was eventually promoted to Associate Editor and continued in her role as a reporter. Ethel Payne moved to Washington to when the newspaper established a one-person bureau there. She was their correspondent until 1973. She then reported for CBS News until 1982.

According to her biography posted at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary's page, Ethel "reported on many of the historic events occurring in the nation, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was instrumental in the success of the 1963 March on Washington." ^[3]

She died in her home in Washington, DC, in 1991.^[2][4]

In 2002, the US Postal Service issued a stamp in her honor^[5].

Sources

1. ↑ "Ethel Payne, 'first lady of black press' ", The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 2 Jun 1991, Sun, p. 31,Free View of Article
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9WZ-7P1 : 9 January 2021), Ethel L Payne, 04 May 1991; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary bio, accessed 21 Feb 2022.
4. ↑ "Ethel L. Payne, 79, noted black journalist," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2 Jun 1991, p. J 11-d, col. 1, accessed 21 Feb 2022.
5. ↑ 37c Ethel L. Payne single, Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Object Object number 2002.2029.176. Issued September 14, 2002.

• Anderson, Ashlee. "Ethel Payne." The National Women's History Museum. July 31, 2018.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ7F-MRT : 1 February 2021), Ethel Payne in entry for William Payne, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSLK-CLD : accessed 21 February 2022), Ethel L Payne in household of Bessie Payne, Chicago (Districts 0501-0750), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 611, sheet 5A, line 20, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 442; FHL microfilm 2,340,177.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWB7-SF7 : 9 January 2021), Ethel Payne in household of Bessie Payne, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-1086, sheet 8B, line 59, family 191, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 954.
• Wikidata: Item Q5403143, en:Wikipedia
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV57-4GDS : accessed 21 February 2022), Miss Ethel Payne, Illinois, United States, 02 Jun 1991; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KTSM-FVX : 19 December 2019), Ethel L Payne, 1993.