Below are the names of the 44 men and women (and where they worked at the time) who gathered on Dec. 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C., at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park to form NABJ. .Click here to view the Founders’ original signatures from NABJ’s first gathering
Norma Adams-Wade
Dallas Morning News
Carole Bartel
CORE Magazine
Edward Blackwell (Deceased)
Milwaukee Journal
Paul Brock
Founding Executive Director
Reginald Bryant (Deceased)
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.
Joe Davidson
The Washington Post
Allison J. Davis
WBZ-TV Boston
Paul Delaney
The New York Times
William Dilday
WLBT-TV
Sandra 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 (Deceased)
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 (Deceased)
Philadelphia Bulletin
Sandra Dawson Long Weaver
News Journal Wilmington, Del.
Pluria Marshall
Freelancer
Acel Moore (Deceased)
Philadelphia Inquirer
Luix Overbea (Deceased)
Christian Science Monitor
Les Payne (Deceased)
Newsday
Claudia Polley
Newsday
Alex Poinsett (Deceased)
Ebony Magazine
Richard Rambeau
Project Bait
Max Robinson (Deceased)
WTOP-TV Washington, D.C.
Chuck Stone (Deceased)
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 (Deceased)
National Black Network
John C. White (Deceased)
Washington Star
DeWayne Wickham
The Baltimore Sun
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