In “Black Journalists: The NABJ Story,” Wayne Dawkins gives an insider’s account of the battling egos, valiant efforts and controversies that went into creating the National Association of Black Journalists, the largest and most powerful organization of journalists of color in America. The critically acclaimed book also recounts the struggles that have sustained and strengthened the group as it has grown and prospered. Dawkins interviewed all of the living founders [43 of 44] who include Chuck Stone, Maureen Bunyan, Les Payne and DeWayne Wickham. “An informative, sometimes indelicately gossipy backstage history,” reported American Journalism Review “that testify to the obstacles minority journalists confront.”