Join us on May 14, 2026 for the in-person community gathering and panel discussion with Q&A: Marvel Jackson Cooke, A Life in Journalism.

Doors open at 4:30pm CST. Light meal served.

Reconnect with neighbors, family, and friends for a special evening of conversation and reflection.

Location: Prospect Park United Methodist Church - Community Room

If you’d like, you can read the following materials prior to the event:

1: Interview with Marvel Cooke, recorded by The Washington Press Club Foundation oral history project: Interview 1: November 3, 1989

2. The Slave Market by Ella Baker and Marvel Cooke, NAACP

3: The Bronx Slave Market, 1950 by Marvel Cooke, Viewpoint Magazine

Additional reading:

All Interviews with Marvel Cooke, recorded by The Washington Press Club Foundation