IPR is featuring research and some of the many Black pioneers who have had an impact on the field of public relations in celebration of Black History Month. Ofield Dukes was born in Rutledge, Alabama, in 1932. He graduated with a journalism degree from Wayne State University in 1958 after serving in the Army. In … Continue reading Pioneer Ofield Dukes (1932-2011)
IPR is featuring some of the many Black pioneers who have had an impact on the field of public relations in celebration of Black History Month. D. Parke Gibson was born in 1930 in Seattle, Washington. Gibson graduated from City College and also received an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from King Memorial … Continue reading Pioneer Parke Gibson (1930-1979)
IPR is featuring some of the many Black American pioneers and modern-day heroes to celebrate Black History Month. Joseph Varney Baker was born on Aug. 20, 1908, in Abbeville, South Carolina. Baker moved to Philadelphia as a teenager, graduated from Central High School, and went on to study journalism at Temple University. His career began as … Continue reading Pioneer Joseph Varney Baker (1908-1993)
IPR is featuring some of the many Black American pioneers and modern-day heroes to celebrate Black History Month. Maggie Lena Walker was born to enslaved parents on July 15, 1864, in Richmond, Virginia. After the Civil War, her mother worked as a laundress and her father as a butler in a popular Richmond hotel. She attended … Continue reading Pioneer Maggie Lena Walker (1864-1934)
Patricia Tobin was born in White Plains, N.Y. in 1943. In 1977, she moved to Los Angeles after graduating from the Charles Morris Price School of Journalism. Tobin began working at KCBS-TV and organized weekly networking events for communications professionals. In 1983, she founded her own firm, Tobin & Associates, with an interest in creating PR … Continue reading Patricia Tobin (1943-2008)
IPR has partnered with The Museum of Public Relations to feature some of the many Black PR Pioneers in celebration of Black History Month. Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) was an American journalist who became an activist in the late 1800s after she experienced injustice on a train ride from Memphis to Nashville in 1884. She … Continue reading Black PR Pioneer: Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931)