National Newspapers Publishers Association
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The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), was founded in 1940 when John H. Sengstacke
of the Chicago Defender
organized a meeting with other African American publishers designed for "harmonizing our energies in a common purpose for the benefit of Negro journalism." The group decided to form the National Negro Publishers Association. In 1956 the trade association was renamed the National Newspapers Publishers Association.
Today the NNPA is composed of more than 200 black newspapers in the United States
and the Virgin Islands
. They have a combined readership of 15 million and the organization has created an electronic news service, BlackPressUsa web site, which enables newspapers to provide real time news and information to its national constituency.
John H. Sengstacke
John Herman Henry Sengstacke was an African American newspaper publisher. He worked with President Franklin D. Roosevelt to have African American reporters in the White House and to create jobs in the United States Postal Service for African Americans. One of John’s biggest objectives was to...
of the Chicago Defender
Chicago Defender
The Chicago Defender is a Chicago based newspaper founded in 1905 by an African American for primarily African American readers.In just three years from 1919–1922 the Defender also attracted the writing talents of Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks....
organized a meeting with other African American publishers designed for "harmonizing our energies in a common purpose for the benefit of Negro journalism." The group decided to form the National Negro Publishers Association. In 1956 the trade association was renamed the National Newspapers Publishers Association.
Today the NNPA is composed of more than 200 black newspapers in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands
The Virgin Islands are the western island group of the Leeward Islands, which are the northern part of the Lesser Antilles, which form the border between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean...
. They have a combined readership of 15 million and the organization has created an electronic news service, BlackPressUsa web site, which enables newspapers to provide real time news and information to its national constituency.
External links
- National Newspaper Publishers Association web site
- NNPA history page
- The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords at PBS.org
- The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords at California Newsreel