National Newspaper Publishers Association

[1] The NNPA was founded in 1940 when John H. Sengstacke, the second publisher of the Chicago Defender, organized a meeting with other African American publishers intended for "harmonizing our energies in a common purpose for the benefit of Negro journalism".

Fittingly, Abbott died on the morning of the inaugural conference on February, 29, 1940.

[2] The younger Sengstacke was selected as the first president of the NNPA, and D. Arnett Murphy, the son of John H. Murphy Sr., who published the Baltimore Afro-American, was selected as the eastern vice president.

[5] In 2003, Larry Muhammad reported for NeimanReports that Black Press USA "is a project of the Black Press Institute and handled by XIGroup, a Web development firm co-owned by Joy Bramble, publisher of The Baltimore Times, an NNPA member publication.

"[5] In 2023, the NNPA is composed of more than 160 African American newspapers in the United States and the Virgin Islands[6] with a combined readership that exceeds 15 million people.