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Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, the president and CEO of the NNPA, said that the “NNPA continues to represent the resilient, trustworthy tradition of the Black Press that is indispensable to Black America.” This photo was taken during a 2016 Black Press Week in Washington, D.C. (Freddie Allen/AMG/NNPA)

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THE BLACK PRESS SHOWS RESILIENCE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY

“You can see it in the spirit of the process that we have [developed] in documenting our history—we are marvelously resilient by nature, we are street fighters, guerilla fighters and resilience defines us,” said NNPA Foundation Board Chairman Al McFarland.