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Name | |
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Born | February 3, 1927 |
Died | February 3, 2011 Manhattan |
Cause of death | Long Term Illness [1] |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | Use only if a dual citizen or immigrant |
Education | Bachelor of Art and Maters in Journalism |
Alma mater | Temple University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Employer | Look Magazine |
Known for | Being the first black journalist hired by a national magazine |
Children | Dr. Hepsharatt Amadi (Daughter) Dean Dunbar (son) [2] |
Relatives | Lorraine Randal (sister) Wilhelmina Johnson (sister) |
Awards | Sigma Chi Journalism Award & NABJ Hall of Fame |
Ernest Dunbar (February 3, 1927 – February 3, 2011), an American journalist and editor for Look Magazine, in Iowa and Washington D.C., United States, was the first African-American journalist hired by a mainstream magazine company.[3] [4]
Personal
editErnest was born in Manhattan, New York on February 3, 1927.[5] Dunbar earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from Temple University in 1954, where he was editor of the university newspaper. [6] At Northwestern University Dunbar went on a quest for graduate work and soon after graduating was named the assistant editor at Look magazine in 1958 as a reporter. [7] In 1971, Dunbar was awarded an honorary doctorate in journalism from Temple University.[8] Dunbar passed away at the age of 83. [3]
Career
editDunbar was a journalist for Temple University newspaper, as well as a long-time reporter for Look Magazine. [3] Dunbar also wrote books and published a book titled Nigeria [9], that was a discussion of Nigeria’s geography and resources and rich artistic heritage.[9] Not only that but Dunbar successfully published nine other books all in which sold well. ( World Cat identities of Ernest Dunbar (1927-2011) During Dunbar's career he also had the pleasure of interviewing many people, including NAACP organizer Ruby Hurley. [10]. Dunbar also interviewed many African-Americans living in other countries about black American perceptions of discrimination in those countries. [11] Along with being a well known journalist, Dunbar also had the pleasure of being one of the three selected to travel to Africa and conduct seminar for African Newsmen. [12] After becoming a journalist and editor Dunbar started using his power and focused on the high political stakes that were involved in the United States Government and their slow movement to fight Jim Crow. [13]
Notable works of journalism
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What are the important works of journalism by this person and for which this person is most known or awarded? Describe this person's role in this work, what it is about, and the outcome with citations.
Context
editDunbar did a lot for the world of journalism by being the first African-American hired by a mainstream magazine, but his most notable work of journalism was the article he signed off on title White Worlds Spy. [14] [10]
Books
edit- Nigeria
- The Lamp
- The Negro in America Today
- Elegant, disciplined, beautiful
- The Black expatriates. A study of American Negroes in exile. Edited and with an introduction by Ernest Dunbar
- The sweet appeal of James Taylor
- India's "food miracle."
- Keeping the sea at Bay
- The Negro faces north
Awards
editSee also
editTemporary urls
edit- legacy (Nytimes Obit!)[3]
- northwestern (alumni)[5]
- the-latest (obit)[4]
- son1[2]
- son2[1]
- jet in Jet May 13, 1971[19]
- overseas trip to Africa[12]
- jet1965 on trip to Africa in Jet September 23, 1965[6]
- Hoosier State Chronicles "12 receive awards at Capital Press Club's banquet"[17]
- nytimes (awards)[18]
- NABJ (award)[16]
- spy[14]
- womensmag: (5 pages inside the book Women’s Magazines in Print and New Media edited by Noliwe Rooks, Victoria Pass, Ayana Weekley)[10]
- sixties: The 1960s By Timothy P. Maga (pages 225-226)[20]
- boston (on Africa and Boston Conference): Pages 125-126 about Boston Conference in the book: Postwar Anti-Racism: The United States, UNESCO, and "Race," 1945-1968 By Anthony Q. Hazard[13]
- wnyc (Also NYPR Archive Collections under external links)[11]
- kirkus[9]
- scholarworks (His "Sex in School" article on p. 125):[21]
- exxon (on PR for Exxon)[8]
- cornell ("Nytimes looks at Afro Center")[22]
- more (about his work with (More) magazine, another first):[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Prince, Richard. "Fast Change of Leadership at HuffPo's GlobalBlack".
- ^ a b "Pamela K. Heard and Dean E. Dunbar". The New York Times. 26 July 1992.
- ^ a b c d "ERNEST DUNBAR's Obituary on New York Times". New York Times.
- ^ a b "First Black journalist in mainstream reporting dies at 83 - The Latest - Citizen Journalism for All". www.the-latest.com.
- ^ a b "Passings: Northwestern Magazine - Northwestern University". www.northwestern.edu.
- ^ a b Company, Johnson Publishing (23 September 1965). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
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has generic name (help) - ^ a b Dennis, Everette (5 July 2017). "Other Voices: The New Journalism in America". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Ltd, Earl G. Graves (1 May 1980). "Black Enterprise". Earl G. Graves, Ltd. – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "NIGERIA by Ernest Dunbar - Kirkus Reviews".
- ^ a b c https://books.google.com/books?id=m8JCDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT82&lpg=PT82&dq=%22Ernest+Dunbar%22+%22Look+Magazine%22&source=bl&ots=5ytveXyK8D&sig=MDAkVIV3lvr5ijbq2CGU3TRW-qg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgrdzUifbWAhXH64MKHX1sDSoQ6AEIYTAP#v=onepage&q=%22Ernest%20Dunbar%22%20%22Look%20Magazine%22&f=false
- ^ a b "Ernest Dunbar".
- ^ a b "3 U.S. Editors Going to Africa". The New York Times. 26 June 1964.
- ^ a b Hazard, Anthony Q. (31 October 2012). "Postwar Anti-Racism: The United States, UNESCO, and "Race," 1945-1968". Springer – via Google Books.
- ^ a b http://jfk.hood.edu/Collection/Weisberg%20Subject%20Index%20Files/B%20Disk/Blacks%20Miscellaneous/126.pdf
- ^ World Cat identities of Ernest Dunbar (1927-2011)
- ^ a b "NABJ Hall of Fame - Information - News Media - Mass Media". Scribd.
- ^ a b "Indianapolis Recorder 26 June 1965 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
- ^ a b http://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/28/archives/urban-league-cites-eight-journalists.html?_r=0
- ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (13 May 1971). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Maga, Timothy P. (14 May 2014). "The 1960s". Infobase Publishing – via Google Books.
- ^ https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/2544/3(5,6)+124-127.pdf;jsessionid=6FAD862546278DE374F72A435159D9DE?sequence=1
- ^ "The Cornell Daily Sun 7 April 1969 — The Cornell Daily Sun". cdsun.library.cornell.edu.
External links
edit- National Association of Black Journalists
- NYPR Archive Collections
- Stanford University, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
- Library of Congress, Look Magazine Photograph Collection
- World Cat identities of Ernest Dunbar (1927-2011)
- Alamy
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