NABJ Hall of Fame

The NABJ Hall of Fame is a hall of fame project of the National Association of Black Journalists honoring African-American and other journalists. 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.^[1]

Members

1990 original inductees

Seven individuals were inducted to the Hall of Fame at the time of its creation.

• Dorothy Butler Gilliam
• Malvin Russell Goode
• Mal Johnson
• Gordon Parks
• 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:^[2]

• Robert S. Abbott
• Samuel E. Cornish
• Frederick Douglass
• W. E. B. Du Bois
• T. Thomas Fortune
• Marcus Garvey
• Ethel Payne
• John B. Russwurm
• John Sengstacke
• Ida B. Wells-Barnett

2004 contemporary inductees

• John H. Johnson
• Robert Maynard
• Chuck Stone

2005 inductees

• Charles "Teenie" Harris
• Charlayne Hunter-Gault
• Max Robinson
• Carole Simpson

2006 inductees

• Lerone Bennett, Jr.
• Al Fitzpatrick
• William Raspberry

2007 inductees

• Xernona Clayton-Brady
• Merv Aubespin
• John L. Dotson, Jr.
• Jim Vance

2008 inductees

• Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
• Belva Davis
• Vernon Jarrett (posthumous)
• Les Payne

2009 inductees

• Earl Caldwell
• Peggy Peterman (posthumous)
• Lynn Norment
• Larry Whiteside (posthumous)

Notes

External links

• Official website