BRANSON, MO. (AP) -- A St. Louis husband and wife who were pioneers in the black press are among the latest inductees into the Missouri Press Association Newspaper Hall of Fame.
The program was Friday at the annual MPA convention in Branson.
Six people were inducted, including Nathaniel and Melba Sweets, longtime leaders of the St. Louis American. Nathaniel Sweets became publisher in 1932. Melba Sweets soon joined the newspaper as editor and columnist. Her column ran for more than 45 years. He died in 1988, and she died in 2006.
Other inductees are Norman Colman, a noted agricultural journalist in the late 1800s and early 1900s; retired Gasconade County Republican publisher Don Warden; Lamar Democrat publisher Doug Davis; and longtime Sedalia Democrat reporter Ron Jennings.
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