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Ernest Dunbar (February 3, 1927 – February 3, 2011), an American journalist and editor for Look Magazine, in Iowa and Washington D.C., United States, was the first African-American journalist hired by a mainstream magazine company.

Personal
Ernest was born in Manhattan, New York on February 3, 1927. Dunbar earned an undergraduate degree in journalism from Temple University in 1954, where he was editor of the university newspaper. At Northwestern University Dunbar went on a quest for graduate work and soon after graduating was named the assistant editor at Look magazine in 1958 as a reporter. In 1971, Dunbar was awarded an honorary doctorate in journalism from Temple University. Dunbar passed away at the age of 83.

Career
Dunbar was a journalist for Temple University newspaper, as well as a long-time reporter for Look Magazine. Dunbar also wrote books and published a book titled Nigeria, that was a discussion of Nigeria’s geography and resources and rich artistic heritage. Not only that but Dunbar successfully published nine other books all in which sold well. ( World Cat identities of Ernest Dunbar (1927-2011) During Dunbar's career he also had the pleasure of interviewing many people, including NAACP organizer Ruby Hurley. . Dunbar also interviewed many African-Americans living in other countries about black American perceptions of discrimination in those countries. Along with being a well known journalist, Dunbar also had the pleasure of being one of the three selected to travel to Africa and conduct seminar for African Newsmen. After becoming a journalist and editor Dunbar started using his power and focused on the high political stakes that were involved in the United States Government and their slow movement to fight Jim Crow.

Notable works of journalism
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Context
Dunbar did a lot for the world of journalism by being the first African-American hired by a mainstream magazine, but his most notable work of journalism was the article he signed off on title White Worlds Spy.

Books

 * Nigeria


 * The Lamp


 * The Negro in America Today


 * Elegant, disciplined, beautiful


 * The Black expatriates. A study of American Negroes in exile. Edited and with an introduction by Ernest Dunbar


 * The sweet appeal of James Taylor


 * India's "food miracle."


 * Keeping the sea at Bay


 * The Negro faces north

Awards

 * NABJ Hall of Fame (2014)
 * Capital Press Journalism Award (1965)
 * 1970 Russwurm Awards

Temporary urls

 * legacy (Nytimes Obit!)
 * northwestern (alumni)
 * the-latest (obit)
 * son1
 * son2
 * jet in Jet May 13, 1971
 * overseas trip to Africa
 * jet1965 on trip to Africa in Jet September 23, 1965
 * Hoosier State Chronicles "12 receive awards at Capital Press Club's banquet"
 * nytimes (awards)
 * NABJ (award)
 * spy
 * womensmag: (5 pages inside the book Women’s Magazines in Print and New Media edited by Noliwe Rooks, Victoria Pass, Ayana Weekley)
 * sixties: The 1960s By Timothy P. Maga (pages 225-226)
 * boston (on Africa and Boston Conference): Pages 125-126 about Boston Conference in the book: Postwar Anti-Racism: The United States, UNESCO, and "Race," 1945-1968 By Anthony Q. Hazard
 * wnyc (Also NYPR Archive Collections under external links)
 * kirkus
 * scholarworks (His "Sex in School" article on p. 125):
 * exxon (on PR for Exxon)
 * cornell ("Nytimes looks at Afro Center")
 * more (about his work with (More) magazine, another first):