Robert S. Abbott (Founder of Chicago Defender)

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T. Thomas Fortune (editor of New York Age)

Bryant Grumbel (Former Anchor of NBC's Today Show)

Ethel L. Payne (Journalist, Social Advocate, 1st Black Female Commentator of National Network)

Pittsburgh Courier (Famous for Double V campaign)

Max Robinson (Former Achor/Newsreporter for ABC's World News Today)

John Russworm (Founder of First Black Newspaper in America, Freedom's Journal

Ida B. Wells-Barnett (Journalist, Social Activist)

Oprah Winfrey (Host of Leading Talk Show; Owner of Harpo Productions)

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