https://americacomesalive.com/harry-s-mcalpin-1906-1985-reporter-who-broke-the-press-corps-color-line/ Quick Takes and Popular Postings about America's Past Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:35:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://americacomesalive.com/harry-s-mcalpin-1906-1985-reporter-who-broke-the-press-corps-color-line/#comment-420424 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 22:02:19 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=4617#comment-420424 […] House press pool. A reporter for The Atlanta Daily World and the National Negro Press Association, Harry S. McAplin broke the color line of the White House press corps in 1944. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was in […]

]]> https://americacomesalive.com/harry-s-mcalpin-1906-1985-reporter-who-broke-the-press-corps-color-line/#comment-335952 Mon, 05 Feb 2018 01:18:13 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=4617#comment-335952 […] To read about Harry McAlpin, an African American reporter who was first to break the color line at the White House, click here.  […]

]]> https://americacomesalive.com/harry-s-mcalpin-1906-1985-reporter-who-broke-the-press-corps-color-line/#comment-248046 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:57:28 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=4617#comment-248046 On this day in history, Harry S. McAlphin became the 1st African American reporter admitted to the White House Press Corps #pioneer

]]> https://americacomesalive.com/harry-s-mcalpin-1906-1985-reporter-who-broke-the-press-corps-color-line/#comment-230817 Tue, 13 May 2014 04:02:16 +0000 http://americacomesalive.com/?p=4617#comment-230817 […] Throughout his time in DC on the presidential beat, he was never permitted membership in the White House Correspondents’ Association nor was he permitted to attend their annual dinners. To read my original profile of McAlpin, click here.) […]

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