PABJ 1973
FROM THE LEGENDS WHO LIVED IT

FOUNDERS AND EARLY MEMBERS
(Cont'd)

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Karen Warrington was active in the organization during its formative years. She currently is communications director for U.S. Rep. Bob Brady. She is the former host of the Network on WHAT radio.

J. Whyatt Mondesire was a reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer during the early years. He now owns the Philadelphia Sun newspaper, and is president of the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP.

Additional pioneers (list may not be complete)

Sam Pressley
Marilyn Darling
Edie Huggins
Trudy Haynes
Pam Haynes
Artis Hall
Jan Gorham
Tyree Johnson
Mary Mason
Vernon Odom
Lamont Steptoe
Michael Boyer
Earl E. Davis
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Jack Jones
Will Sutton
Ewart Rouse
Harry Gould
Dwight Ott
Bill Thompson
Linn Washington
Charyn Sutton
Joe Davidson

Special recognition

Violet "Vi" Johnson was an account executive with Mark Hyman and Associates, and coordinated several of ABJ's banquets. "It was so fantastic," she said. "They were so happy. They made more money than they expected." At the first banquet, she recalled, ABJ made about $2,000 and the banquet drew about 1,000 people.

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