Ethel Payne, at center, photographed with other female members of the Capital Press Club early in her career.

ID: 4289 ~ 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: 6101 16th Street NW

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - Ethel Payne, Washington Correspondent: 6101 16th Street NW

Civil Rights Tour: Civic Activism - Ethel Payne, Washington Correspondent: 6101 16th Street NW

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"I stick to my firm, unshakeable belief that the black press is an advocacy press, and that I, as a part of that press, can't afford the luxury of being unbiased."