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.
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 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: 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 John H. Johnson Robert C. Maynard Chuck Stone
2005 inductees Charles "Teenie" Harris Charlayne Hunter-Gault Max Robinson Carole Simpson
2006 inductees Lerone Bennett, Jr. Albert Fitzpatrick William Raspberry
2007 inductees Xernona Clayton 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)
2011 inductees
Ed Bradley (posthumous) Merri Dee JC Hayward Eugene Robinson Ray Taliaferro
2012 inductees
Gwen Ifill Pat Harvey Ruth Allen Ollison Johnathan Rodgers Wallace Terry
2013 inductees
Betty Bayé Simeon Booker Alice Dunnigan (posthumous) Sue Simmons Wendell Smith (posthumous) Cynthia Tucker
2014 inductees
Herb Boyd Maureen Bunyan Jay Harris Moses Newson Bernard Shaw Zelda Ormes (Posthumous) Ernest Dunbar (Posthumous) Lee Thornton (Posthumous)
2015-16 inductees
Tony Brown Charles Gerald Fraser (Posthumous) Monica Kaufman Pearson Dorothy Leavell Austin Long-Scott Dori Maynard (Posthumous) Gil Noble (Posthumous) Stuart Scott (Posthumous) Jacqueline Trescott Morrie Turner (Posthumous) John H. White L. Alex Wilson (Posthumous)
2017 inductees
Michael Days John Jenkins Rev. Aisha Karimah Garth C. Reeves, Sr.
2018 inductees
Albert Dunmore Bob Ray Sanders Louis Martin Victoria Jones William Rhoden
2019 inductees
Bob Black Garry D. Howard “The Fly Jock” Tom Joyner Wanda Lloyd The Washington Post Metro Seven
2020 inductees
Fred Sweets Cathy Hughes Clarice Tinsley John McCaa Mary Mitchell Pam Oliver Pam Johnson
2021 inductees
Roland S. Martin Rodney A. Brooks Rochelle Riley Monica Roberts (posthoumous) Kirk McKoy Cornelius “Neil” Foote Jr (Neil Foote) Claire Smith A. J. Smitherman (posthumous)
2022 inductees Hoppy Adams Michelle V. Agins Drew Berry Harry Boomer Tanya Hart Levi Henry Cheryl Smith
2023 inductees Sheila Dean Brooks Roy S. Johnson Jesse L. Lewis Rob Parker Randall Pinkston Dave Roberts Gwen Tolbart
2024 inductees Milbert O. Brown Barbara Ciara Retha Hill Art Norman Vanessa Williams Paula Williams Madison Alexis Yancey
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