President John F. Kennedy with Ethel Payne and others on the White House lawn, early 1960s.

ID: 4286 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Archives, Howard University, Washington, D.C.

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - Ethel Payne, Washington Correspondent

President John F. Kennedy with Ethel Payne and others on the White House lawn, early 1960s.

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - Ethel Payne, Washington Correspondent

Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - Ethel Payne, Washington Correspondent

As the Washington correspondent for Chicago Defender for 25 years, Ethel Lois Payne (1911-1991), quoted here, used journalism to raise awareness of racial discrimination and to demand justice. At her first White House press conference in February…