WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oswald T. Brown, Press, Cultural Affairs and Information Manager at the Bahamas Embassy in Washington, D.C., is pictured with Mrs. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor of Baltimore, at the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) National Leadership Award reception at Marriott Marquis in downtown D.C. on Thursday, September 17, 2015. The NNPA represents more than 200 black-owned publications in the United States, including the Washington Informer, an award-winning newspaper in Washington, D.C., where Mr. Brown was News Editor for twelve years before returning to The Bahamas permanently in 1996. Denise Rolark Barnes, the current Editor and Publisher of The Informer, is Chair of the NNPA. (Washington Informer Photo by Roy Lewis)