Foreword
By Lynn Norment

CHUCK STONE  (1975-1977)
Essay by Paul Brock
Photograph by Robert Miller

VERNON JARRETT (1977-1979)
Essay by Lynn Norment
Photograph by Andre F. Chung

BOB REID (1979-1981)
Essay by Gayle Pollard Terry
Photograph by Hillery Smith Garrison

LES PAYNE  (1981-1983)
Essay by Derrick Z. Jackson
Photograph by Sune Woods

MERV AUBESPIN  (1983-1985)
Essay by Michel Marriot
Photograph by Durell Hall

AL FITZPATRICK (1985-1987)
Essay by John L. Dotson Jr.
Photograph by Gary J. Kirksey

DeWAYNE WICKHAM  (1987-1989)
Essay by Sheila Brooks
Photograph by Hillery Smith Garrison

THOMAS MORGAN III  (1989-1991)
Essay by Katti Gray
Photograph by Sune Woods

SIDMEL ESTES-SUMPTER (1991-1993)
Essay by Ernie Suggs
Photograph by Joey Ivansco

DOROTHY BUTLER GILLIAM (1993-1995)
Essay by Jacqueline E. Trescott
Photograph by Hillery Smith Garrison

ARTHUR FENNELL (1995-1997)
Essay by Herbert Lowe
Photograph by Hillery Smith Garrison

VANESSA WILLIAMS (1997-1999)
Essay by Betty Winston Baye
Photograph by Dudley M. Brooks

*WILLIAM W. SUTTON JR. (1999-2001)
Essay pending

*CONDACE PRESSLEY (2001-2003)
Essay pending

Afterword
  By  William W. Sutton Jr.
Photograph by Robert Miller

C  R E  D I  T S

WILLIAM W. SUTTON JR.

E D I T O R S

JACK E. WHITE
LYNN NORMENT

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M A N A G I N G  E D I T O R

HERBERT LOWE

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A S S I S T A N T
M A N A G I N G  E D I T O R

KATRINA N. BROWN

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P H O T O  E D I T O R S

FRED SWEETS
HILLERY S. GARRISON

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C O P Y  E D I T O R

MIRA LOWE

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R E S E A R C H E R

WAYNE DAWKINS

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D E S I G N E R

NICOLE SHERMAN
PRINT SOURCE

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E X E C U T I V E  D I R E C T O R

ANTOINETTE SAMUEL

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SPECIAL THANKS
to
KNIGHT RIDDER
for its sponsorship
and to
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
for its support
of this  publication.