NABJ Hall of Fame
Encyclopedia
The NABJ Hall of Fame is a hall of fame
project of the National Association of Black Journalists
honoring African-American and other journalist
s. The original Hall of Fame list was established on April 5, 1990, with the indictution of seven individuals. No further individuals were inducted until the Hall of Fame was revived by the NABJ in 2004. Since 2004, several individuals have been inducted to the Hall of Fame each year. Nominations are approved by the NABJ Board of Directors, and new inductees are installed annually at the NABJ Hall of Fame Banquet and Inductions. Thirty-nine individuals are currently inductees in the Hall of Fame.
Seven individuals were inducted to the Hall of Fame at the time of its creation.
2004 "legendary" inductees
In 2004, the NABJ revived the Hall of Fall, and the Board of Directors (upon a "strong recommendation" from the NABJ Hall of Fame Screening Committee) voted in April 2004 to posthumously induct ten historical journalists (referred to on the NABJ's website as "legendary figures") as a one-time measure. The ten inductees were:
2004 contemporary inductees
2005 inductees
2006 inductees
2007 inductees
2008 inductees
2009 inductees
Hall of Fame
A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...
project of the National Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Black Journalists
The National Association of Black Journalists is an organization of African American journalists, students, and media professionals. Founded in 1975 in Washington, D.C...
honoring African-American and other journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
s. The original Hall of Fame list was established on April 5, 1990, with the indictution of seven individuals. No further individuals were inducted until the Hall of Fame was revived by the NABJ in 2004. Since 2004, several individuals have been inducted to the Hall of Fame each year. Nominations are approved by the NABJ Board of Directors, and new inductees are installed annually at the NABJ Hall of Fame Banquet and Inductions. Thirty-nine individuals are currently inductees in the Hall of Fame.
Members
1990 original inducteesSeven individuals were inducted to the Hall of Fame at the time of its creation.
- Dorothy Butler GilliamDorothy Butler GilliamDorothy Butler Gilliam was the first black woman reporter at The Washington Post and helped organise protests against the New York Daily News after it fired two-thirds of its African-American staff, including all of the black male reporters...
- Malvin Russell GoodeMalvin Russell GoodeMalvin Russell Goode was an African-American television journalist and news correspondent.- Education and early work :...
- Mal Johnson
- Gordon ParksGordon ParksGordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director...
- Ted Poston
- Norma Quarles
- Carl T. Rowan
2004 "legendary" inductees
In 2004, the NABJ revived the Hall of Fall, and the Board of Directors (upon a "strong recommendation" from the NABJ Hall of Fame Screening Committee) voted in April 2004 to posthumously induct ten historical journalists (referred to on the NABJ's website as "legendary figures") as a one-time measure. The ten inductees were:
- Robert S. Abbott
- Samuel E. Cornish
- Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass was an American social reformer, orator, writer and statesman. After escaping from slavery, he became a leader of the abolitionist movement, gaining note for his dazzling oratory and incisive antislavery writing...
- W. E. B. Du Bois
- T. Thomas Fortune
- Marcus GarveyMarcus GarveyMarcus Mosiah Garvey, Jr., ONH was a Jamaican publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League...
- Ethel Payne
- John B. Russwurm
- John Sengstacke
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett
2004 contemporary inductees
- John H. JohnsonJohn H. JohnsonJohn Harold Johnson was an American businessman and publisher. He was the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company. In 1982 he became the first African-American to appear on the Forbes 400.ÀčĐċĎ- Biography :...
- Robert Maynard
- Chuck StoneChuck StoneCharles Sumner "Chuck" Stone, Jr. is a former Tuskegee Airman, an American newspaper editor, columnist, professor of journalism, and author. After completing his service in World War II, Stone already had been admitted to Harvard University but chose to matriculate at Wesleyan University...
2005 inductees
- Charles "Teenie" Harris
- Charlayne Hunter-GaultCharlayne Hunter-GaultCharlayne Hunter-Gault is an American journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, and the Public Broadcasting Service....
- Max RobinsonMax RobinsonMax Robinson was an American broadcast journalist, and ABC News World News Tonight co-anchor. He was the first African American broadcast network news anchor in the United States and one of the first television journalists to die of AIDS...
- Carole SimpsonCarole SimpsonCarole Simpson is a broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author- Biography :Simpson, a graduate of the University of Michigan, began her career on radio at WCFL in Chicago, Illinois. She moved to television at Chicago's WMAQ and onto NBC News in 1974, becoming the first African-American woman...
2006 inductees
- Lerone Bennett, Jr.Lerone Bennett, Jr.Lerone Bennett, Jr. is an African-American scholar, author and social historian, known for his revisionist analysis of race relations in the United States. His works include "When the Wind Blows" and "History of Us".-Biography:...
- Al Fitzpatrick
- William RaspberryWilliam RaspberryWilliam Raspberry is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated American public affairs columnist. He was also the Knight Professor of the Practice of Communications and Journalism at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University...
2007 inductees
- Xernona Clayton-Brady
- Merv Aubespin
- John L. Dotson, Jr.
- Jim VanceJim VanceJim Vance is an American television news anchor. Vance originally studied to be a teacher and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education from Cheyney University in Cheyney, Pa.-Biography:...
2008 inductees
- Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
- Belva Davis
- Vernon JarrettVernon JarrettVernon Jarrett was an African American journalist who worked in newspaper, television and radio and was an influential commentator on race relations, politics, and African American history....
(posthumous) - Les Payne
2009 inductees
- Earl CaldwellEarl CaldwellEarl Welton Caldwell was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . A native of Sparks, Texas, Caldwell batted and threw right-handed...
- Peggy Peterman (posthumous)
- Lynn Norment
- Larry WhitesideLarry WhitesideLawrence W. Whiteside , nicknamed "Sides," was a pioneering African American journalist known for his coverage of baseball for a number of American newspapers, most notably The Boston Globe.-Early life and career:...
(posthumous)