National Association of Black Journalists

Last week in Chicago, the National Association of Black Journalists held its annual convention. More than 4,000 journalists and aspiring journalists, a record number, gathered for workshops, panel discussions, job interviews and informal evenings of networking and mutual support.

The National Association of Black Journalists leadership is under fire for inviting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to their convention this year in Chicago, but reportedly bungling a similar invitation for Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic rival for the White House — and the first Black woman with a realistic shot at the presidency.

On a cool day in December 1975, 44 Black journalists from various news platforms and disciplines gathered at the former Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington, D.C., to craft a vision for their future in the media.