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Updated: Monday, March 24, 2008

NABJ Founders

Below are the names of the 44 men and women who gathered on Dec. 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C., to form NABJ and where they worked at that time:

		Norma Adams-Wade Dallas Morning News
		Carole Bartel CORE Magazine
		Edward Blackwell (Deceased) Milwaukee Journal
		Paul Brock Founding Executive Director
		Reginald Bryant Black Perspective on the News
		Maureen Bunyan WTOP-TV Washington, D.C.
		Crispin Campbell WNET-TV New York
		Charlie Cobb WHUR Radio Washington, D.C.
		Marilyn Darling WHYY-TV Wilmington, Del.
		Leon Dash The Washington Post
		Joe Davidson Philadelphia Bulletin
		Allison J. Davis WBZ-TV Boston
		Paul Delaney The New York Times
		William Dilday WLBT-TV Jackson, Miss.
		Sandra Rosen Dillard Denver Post
		Joel Dreyfuss The Washington Post
		Sam Ford WCCO-TV Minneapolis
		David Gibson Mutual Black Network
		Sandra Gilliam-Beale WHIO-TV Dayton, Ohio
		Bob Greenlee New Haven Register
		Martha Griffin National Public Radio
		Derwood Hall (Deceased) WSOC-TV Charlotte
		Bob Hayes San Francisco Examiner
		Vernon Jarrett (Deceased) Chicago Tribune
		Mal Johnson (Deceased) Cox Broadcasting
		Toni Jones Detroit Free Press
		H. Chuku Lee Africa Journal Ltd.
		Claude Lewis Philadelphia Bulletin
		Sandra Dawson Long News Journal Wilmington, Del.
		Pluria Marshall Freelancer
		Acel Moore Philadelphia Inquirer
		Luix Overbea Christian Science Monitor
		Les Payne Newsday
		Claudia Polley NBC
		Alex Poinsett Ebony Magazine
		Richard Rambeau Project Bait Detroit
		Max Robinson (Deceased) WTOP-TV Washington, D.C.
		Chuck Stone Philadelphia Daily News
		W. Curtis Riddle Louisville (Ky.) Courier Journal
		Jeannye Thornton U.S. News & World Report
		Francis Ward Los Angeles Times
		Charlotte Roy Detroit Free Press
		Vince Sanders National Black Network
		John C. White Washington Star
		DeWayne Wickham The Baltimore Sun


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		FOUNDERS' SIGNATURES

		Signatures of the 44 founders of the National Association of Black Journalists. Click here to view larger image.

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