Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press - Softcover

Ethel Payne was a pioneer who experienced the challenges but little of the glory that comes with the title. With this book, her legacy is assured.--Paula J. Giddings, author of Ida, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching

[An] important and often absorbing new book . . . It's a deep pleasure to meet Ethel Payne. 'We are soul folks, ' she declared in 1967, 'and I am writing for soul brothers' consumption.' Her own soul beams from this book.--New York Times

"Morris's research on Payne is meticulous..."--Washington Post

"Afast-paced tour through the highlights of 20th-century African-American history, with Payne as witness."--Boston Globe

"A debt of gratitude is due James McGrath Morris for bringing the remarkable life of Ethel Payne out of the shadows."--Pamela Newkirk, author of, Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga

The rich use of sources and glimpses of Payne's personal life will engage readers interested in civil rights, journalism, and women's history."--Library Journal

"Biographer James McGrath Morris pulls back the curtain on an often overlooked figure of the civil rights movement with Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"A riveting biography of a groundbreaking African American journalist . . . In James McGrath Morris's compelling biography Eye on the Struggle, this 'first lady of the black press' finally gets her due."--O, the Oprah Magazine

"[A] beautifully written and carefully researched new book."--Chicago Tribune

"It is through Payne's eyes that author James McGrath Morris deftly shows us the history of post-World War II America."--Minneapolis Star Tribune

Describes the life and career of the journalist and network news commentator who publicly asked President Eisenhower to support desegregation and covered such important civil rights events as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the desegregation crisis in Little Rock. 20,000 first printing.