next, we have the youngest grandchild of alice dunnigan. she is here to share some personal anecdotes about alice's remarkable life. she is an educator, journalist and freelance writer, and she currently works in the durham public school system , where she finds joy in helping others to see their unique stories and helps them to -- unique voice. next is soraya dunnigan brandon. and finally, we have a professional sculptor amanda matthews. she is the sculptor responsible for what you saw in the lobby earlier. her work represents many iterations of the philosophy that we are all born from the same stars, and contain the same rights. she is also the founder and president of the board of ,irectors of artemis initiative which seeks to elevate the status of those who have had a lesser voice in history through public art. her work is in many notable collections including museums, public parks, government buildings including airports and municipalities. she just completed a public art project on the life of representative congressman john lewis. wha

delighted to be here this evening because there is so much that we can talk about in terms of alice dunnigan. i will nail my points down to a story. i was a professor, so i like to talk. they always tell me, narrow it down. one, dunnigan was in the context of an important omission of what we call the negro press. i will use that word because that is the word they used at the time. on the presidential or stop tour, and lastly, something about her today -- alice dunnigan is from russellville, kentucky, where i resided. although i was a professor of african american studies, many of you in the audience know me, i have been doing african american studies since i was a little child, and i had never heard of alice dunnigan. so i was floored when i realized, when i saw this book. this is an original book, a black woman's experience from the schoolhouse to the white house. you can find one of these now. this is the original book, how big it was. we will show you that book a little bit later. i had never heard of this woman. but in retrospect, it really was not uncommon that we have a lot of unsung a

talk cohosted by the harry s truman presidential library and museum and the library institute on alice dunnigansing her life and legacy as a trailblazing journalist. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the truman presidential library and museum. i am kurt graham, the museum director. i appreciate you being here to enjoy this program and to celebrate an important legacy with us. we are in the legacy business and when we celebrate harry truman's legacy we find that we end up celebrity a lot of legacies as well, and i think that speaks volumes about who harry truman was. i want to begin by thanking some folks tonight -- the truman library institute who sponsored so much of what we do.

cohosted by the harry truman presidential every a museum and the truman library institute on alice allison dunnigan - the first african american female white house correspondent, and senate and house of representatives press galleries member. panelists, including ms. dunnigan's granddaughter, discussed her life and legacy as journalist.ng >> greetings, ladies and gentlemen. i am the museum director. i appreciate you being here and to enjoy this program and celebrate this important legacy with us. we are in the legacy business. harry truman'ste legacy, we end up celebrating a lot of other legacies as well. i want to begin by thanking some folks. the truman library institute, of course