Photograph
Pam Johnson
| Head and shoulders portrait of Pam Johnson, who in 1981 became the publisher for the "Ithaca Journal." This made her the first black woman to become publisher for a general-circulation newspaper in the United States. Ms. Johnson earned doctorates in journalism and educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1963. She worked as a reporter for the "Chicago Tribune," and then moved back to Wisconsin, where she worked as a reporter for a Madison radio station and taught at the University. |
| Image ID: | 129653 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1982 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Black History, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin records, 1978-1986 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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