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[[image - NNPA logo]] National Newspaper Publishers Association [[image - drawing of hand holding a torch] 39th Annual Convention June 20-23, 1979 — Tulsa Oklahoma Oklahoma Black Dispatch Host CREDO OF THE BLACK PRESS The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and national antagonisms when it accords to every man, regardless of race, color or creed, his human and legal rights. Hating no man, fearing no man, the Black Press strives to help every man in the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back. OFFICERS President JOHN H. SENGSTACKE Chicago Daily Defender First Vice President JOHN L. PROCOPE New York Amsterdam News Second Vice President ALFRED L. MORRIS Philadelphia Tribune Secretary Mrs. OPHELIA DeVORE MITCHELL Columbus Times Assistant Secretary ROBERT W. BOGLE Philadelphia Tribune Treasurer MRS. MARJORIE B. PARHAM Cincinnati Herald Assistant Treasurer ROBERT J. THOMAS Milwaukee Community Journal DIRECTORS Mrs. LENORA CARTER Houston Forward Times CARLTON B. GOODLETT, M.D. San Francisco Sun Reporter ROBERT K. GOODWIN Oklahoma Eagle WILLIAM H. LEE Sacramento Observer JOHN H. MURPHY, III Afro-American Newspapers LONGWORTH M. QUINN Michigan Chronicle GARTH C. REEVES, SR. Miami Times JOHN B. SMITH Atlanta Inquirer KENNETH T. STANLEY Louisville Defender MRS. JANE WOODS St. Louis Sentinel Executive Director SHERMAN BRISCOE Executive Assistant MS. CONSTANCE L. BRITT [[image]] [[caption]] Standing (l. to r.): Calvin Rolack, Larry Holmes, Gov. James A. Rhodes, Don King and Dr. William O. Walker (host). Sitting: Gabe Paul (Cleveland Indians), Mayor Dennis Kucinich, and Dr. Bolden [[/caption]] 92
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