# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ethel-l-payne
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:23:58.812Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ethel-l-payne"
name: "Ethel L. Payne"
slug: "ethel-l-payne"
description: "Ethel Lois Payne was an American journalist, editor, and foreign correspondent. Known as the \"First Lady of the Black Press,\" she fulfilled many roles over her career, including columnist, commentator, lecturer, and freelance writer. She combined advocacy with journalism as she reported on the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s. Her perspective as an African American woman informed her work, and she became known for asking questions others dared not ask."
tagline: "American journalist (1911–1991)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1911-08-14"
deathDate: "1991-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.63456
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%84._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "إثيل إل. باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "اثيل ال. باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_L._Payne"
    title: "Ethel L. Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Lois_Payne"
    title: "Ethel Lois Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_L._Payne"
    title: "Ethel L. Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5403143"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump