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About The skanner. (Portland, Or.) 1975-2014 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 2011)
News Black Press Celebrates 184 Years in Print Chicago Defender Publisher Michael House, with colleagues, visits Capitol Hill. Nancy Pelosi addresses publishers, along with members of the Congressional Black Caucus. National Press club was scene for luncheon celebrating Black Press week. From left, senior journalist George Curry, chair of NNPA Foundation, Dorothy Leavell, President, NNPA, Danny Bakewell, Publisher, wilmington Journal, Mary Alice Thatch, Pres., Education Online Services Corp., the Rev. Dr. Ben Chavis, one of the wilmington 10. Charles Cherry II accepts honor for his father, Charles Cherry, Sr., Daytona Times, Florida Courier In celebration of 184 years of the Black Press operating in washington, D.C., the National Newspapers Publishers Association honored many of the industry’s most influential business people. During the event, held in late March, the NNPA also announced that they would be launching an official campaign to pardon the wilmington 10. Cloves Campbell, Jr. accepts award for his father, Cloves Campbell Sr. and uncle, Charles Campbell, Arizona Informant. Page 12 The Portland Skanner march 30, 2011 Newsmaker Awardee Garth Reeves, 93, with his daughter, Miami Times editor Rachel Reeves and Grandson, Garth. Read the rest of this story online at www.theskanner.com
