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:

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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