The National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame is a hall of fame project of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) honoring African-American and other journalists. The original Hall of Fame list was established on April 5, 1990, with the induction 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 edit
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 April 2004, the NABJ revived the Hall of Fame, and the Board of Directors (upon a "strong recommendation" from the NABJ Hall of Fame Screening Committee) voted 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:[1]
- Robert S. Abbott
- Samuel 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 edit
2005 inductees edit
2006 inductees edit
2007 inductees edit
2008 inductees edit
- Charles E. Cobb, Jr.
- Belva Davis
- Vernon Jarrett (posthumous)
- Les Payne
2009 inductees edit
- Earl Caldwell
- Peggy Peterman (posthumous)
- Lynn Norment
- Larry Whiteside (posthumous)
2011 inductees edit
- Ed Bradley (posthumous)
- Merri Dee
- JC Hayward
- Eugene Robinson
- Ray Taliaferro
2012 inductees edit
2013 inductees edit
- Betty Bayé
- Simeon Booker
- Alice Dunnigan (posthumous)
- Sue Simmons
- Wendell Smith (posthumous)
- Cynthia Tucker
2014 inductees edit
- Herb Boyd
- Maureen Bunyan
- Jay Harris
- Moses Newson
- Bernard Shaw
- Zelda Ormes (Posthumous)
- Ernest Dunbar (Posthumous)
- Lee Thornton (Posthumous)
2017 inductees edit
- Michael Days
- John Jenkins
- Rev. Aisha Karimah
- Garth C. Reeves, Sr.
2018 inductees edit
- Albert Dunmore
- Bob Ray Sanders
- Louis Martin
- Victoria Jones
- William Rhoden
2019 inductees edit
- Bob Black
- Garry D. Howard[2]
- “The Fly Jock” Tom Joyner
- Wanda Lloyd
- The Washington Post Metro Seven
2020 inductees edit
2021 inductees edit
- Roland S. Martin
- Rodney A. Brooks
- Rochelle Riley
- Monica Roberts (posthoumous)
- Kirk McKoy
- Cornelius “Neil” Foote Jr (Neil Foote)[3]
- Claire Smith
- A. J. Smitherman (posthumous)
Notes edit
- ^ a b "National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame". nabjonline.org. National Association of Black Journalists. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Garry D. Howard".
- ^ "Neil Foote (MSJ84) – Medill Magazine".