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In the late 1880s, Ida B. Wells-Barnett began her journalism career and served as a newspaper editor and civil rights activist. Wells-Barnett's accomplishment is just one example of the rich history of Black journalism in the United States. That history is preserved by the National Association of Black Journalists, which was founded in Washington, DC, in 1975 to support Black media professionals and honor people like Wells-Barnett.