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Ethel Payne was an African American journalist from Chicago, Illinois. Who worked for The Chicago Defender until around the 1970's. The article written by Ethel L. Payne for the Tri-State Defender in Memphis, Tennessee July 6,1973 " Are Black Women on TV in D.C Special Targets?". The reason I choose this particular article was because it fit the topic I was going for, being an African American female host. In this article Payne argued that black women on television received unfair treatment and were seen as incapable of doing the job, and this was shown due to series of firings of black television hosts. The article reveals different cases where an African American television hostess were dismissed from their position without probable cause. …show more content…

The next black women targeted was Alice Travis a hostess for Metromedia for 3 years. When it came time to renew her contract, she was informed that it would not be renewed which indicated she was being fired. "The whole shabby business points up some ugly facts about the shaky positions of blacks in the broadcasting industry. " (Payne,1973) All these cases especially Alice Travis brought a lot of attention to these issues of firing blacks in the broadcasting industry. Travis's dismissal from her position lead to questions towards WTTG because they felt that Alice Travis was incompetent and could not obtain her position. This story at the time broke news to the Washington Post, William Carpenter, general manager of WTTG was quoted saying, "done an outstanding job and we hated to see her leave." (Payne,1973) But later in the Post story Stan Berk, the newly-appointed news director was quoted as saying he had dropped her because he "wasn't happy with her performance". (Payne,1973) There was not actual reasoning to her firing, which left Payne wondering once again whether or not it was a personal attack. "Are Black Women on TV in D.C Special Targets?" Payne collected a variety of cases …show more content…

Ethel L. Payne's attended Copernicus Elementary School, then later went to Lindblom Technical High School. Her high school was predominantly white students and staff. Payne's parents could not afford daily fare for streetcars so she had to walk two blocks to school. "She endured taunts, epithets, and the occasional rock thrown at her, sometimes I stood my ground, sometimes I got a bloody nose from fighting." (Morris ,2015,23) Even at a young age Payne dealt with racism, but continued to carry herself accordingly. Payne was a good student and her high school offered college prep courses but she struggled academically. " I think it was because I was under stress and trauma all the time". (Morris,2015,24) But Payne found a way to make it through and attend college at Crane Junior College. When Payne realized she was creative that's when it all started and started taking literature classes which helped expand her creativity. Yet it still wasn't working for Payne she later graduated from training school in June 1934, she was the 11th out of 13th in her class and in her yearbook she quoted Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (An American poet and educator) " All things come around to him who will

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