Visitor Badge Worn By Ethel L. Payne
date: label: Date
content: Late 20th century
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content: Journalist Ethel L. Payne (1911-1991) wore this visitor’s badge while attending an event at the United Nations, whose logo adorns the pink pass. Payne covered many U.N. meetings throughout her globetrotting career. This laminated badge might have accompanied the press pass admitting Payne to the U.N.’s 13th Special Session at its New York City headquarters in May 1986. It addressed economic recovery and development in Africa, a topic of professional as well as personal interest. A Chicago native, Payne moved to Washington, DC in 1952 to cover national and international news. The lifelong civil rights activist reported from thirty countries over the course of her career, becoming known as the First Lady of the Black Press.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
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content: Ethel Lois Payne Collection, Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Avis R. Johnson.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1991.0076.0125
objectType: label: Type
content: badge
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic, paper, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 3 15/16 × 2 11/16 in. (10 × 6.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: With chain: 17 7/8 × 2 11/16 in. (45.4 × 6.8 cm)