Complex sentence: Ethel L. Payne (August 14 1911-May 28 1991), American award-winning journalist, known as the "first lady of the black press", she was a columnist, lecturer, free lance writer.
Split into simpler sentences: Ethel L. Payne (August 14 1911-May 28 1991) was an award-winning African-American journalist. Known as the "First Lady of the Black Press", she was a columnist, lecturer, and free-lance writer.