Autobiographical Newspaper Articles Written by Eric Dunning and his First Wife Ellen, Part 2: May 1963 to November 1964

In May 1963, the St. Louis American published two articles by Eric on race discrimination.

May 2, 1963:



May 9:


On May 30, the paper published Ellen's account of the Aldermaston CND march:



In August 1963, Ellen's mother visited them in London:


The edition of December 5, 1963, includes Ellen's account of their response to the death of JFK:


In the summer of 1964, Eric got a job teaching in New York but was apart from Ellen for most of the term, which may have been a strain for them. Eric gave a chilling account of an encounter with a racist Harlem police officer (August 13):


The last "Excerpts From Ellen" column I have located was dated November 19, 1964, and is Ellen's account (quoting the Leicester Mercury) of how she was excluded from a Leicester pub due to a colour bar:


This is the Leicester Mercury piece:


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