7/8/14 US Black Chambers, National Bankers Association & National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators, and Developers

US Black Chambers, National Bankers Association & National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators, and Developers announce the intentions of the three groups to patronize black hotels --

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     Aubry Stone, President/CEO of the California Black Chamber of Commerce speaks while Ron Busby, President and CEO of US Black Chambers (USBC), listens behind him at the USBC press conference at the Marriott Marquis July 8^th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

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     Sheila Crump Johnson responds from the front row to a question at the podium during the US Black Chambers press conference at the Marriott Marquis on July 8^th. /Photo by Nancy Shia

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     Michael Grant, President of the National Bankers Association, is the keynote speaker at the opening press conference of the US Black Chambers gathering at the Marriott Marquis on July 8^th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

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     Sheila Crump Johnson, owner of the Washington Mystics, addresses the press conference of the US Black Chambers meeting at the Marriott Marquis on July 8^th.  Listening to Ms. Johnson are Andrew Ingraham (far left), President/CEO of National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers, Inc., and Julius Robertson (center).  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

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     Seated in the front row of the USBC press conference are (left to right) Julius Robertson, Robert James, Sheila Crump Johnson and Andrew Ingraham. Tuesday July 8^th at the Marriott Marquis.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

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     Andrew Ingraham, President/CEO of the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operators & Developers, Inc., introduces Sheila Crump Johnson, owner of the Washington Wizards, at the press conference of the US Black Chambers on July 8^th at the Marriott Marquis.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

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     Michael Grant, President of the National Bankers Association, is the keynote speaker at the opening press conference of the US Black Chambers gathering at the Marriott Marquis on July 8^th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

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      Michael Daley, President/CEO of Zanzibar Management,  stands with Sheila Crump Johnson, owner of Washington Mystics after a press conference with the US Chambers on July 8^th at the Mariott Marquis.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

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     Charles O’Neal, Michael Grant and Andrew Ingraham give a broad smile after the press conference of the US Black Chambers at the Mariott Marquis on July 8^th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia