Tonight, ESPN will air 30 for 30 on Stuart Scott, a sports journalist who influenced/impacted sports reporting in his own unique style. Here is his autobiography.
Day 10 Woman of the Day: Charlotta Spears Bass
Charlotta Spears Bass was a newspaper publisher-editor and civil rights activist. She was also the first African American woman to run for the U.S. Vice President under the Progressive Party ticket. Read more about this revolutionary woman below.
PBS: http://www.pbs.org/blackpress/news_bios/bass.html
Women of the West: http://theautry.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/bass_full.html
Black Past.org: http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/bass-charlotta-1879-1969
Black History Now: http://blackhistorynow.com/charlotta-bass/
Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2874200015.html
March 6 Woman of the Day: Ethel Payne
Ethel Payne, journalist, is March 6 Woman of the Day. Read about this pioneer woman below.
Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ethel-paynefirst-lady-of-the-black-pressasked-questions-no-one-else-would/2011/08/02/gIQAJloFBJ_story.html
Black History Now: http://blackhistorynow.com/ethel-l-payne/
American National Biography Online: http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-03900.html
HarperCollins Publisher: Book about Ethel Payne: http://www.harpercollins.com/9780062198853/eye-on-the-struggle
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