BLACK and GOLDEN: Fifty Years of the National Association of Black Journalists, 1975-2025

"Black and Golden" commemorates the National Association of Black Journalists’ 50th anniversary Dec. 12, 2025. In 1975, 44 men and women created an organization that has grown to 4,000 members and partners that influenced, even transformed the news industry. Wayne Dawkins’ third volume of the NABJ Story includes nine contributor essays and an almanac-style narrative that chronicles the association’s place in the 21st century.