House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke, and Communications Workers of America President Claude Cummings Jr., were honored during the 2025 NNPA National Leadership Awards Reception, held in the Conrad Hilton Hotel Ballroom in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25.
The annual event, which attracted several hundred guests, remains one of the highpoints of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference, held this year, Sept. 24-28, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.