This Week In National Press Club History: Goldberg appears at NPC Luncheon

April 7, 1997: Whoopi Goldberg, actress, comedienne, political activist and talk show host, covers many subjects in her National Press Club Luncheon appearance, including the National Endowment for the Arts, campaign fund-raising and the responsibilities of the press, criticizing it for failing to lead young people with positive reporting.

Goldberg is one of many entertainment figures who bring their concerns about serious domestic issues to the Press Club, including Gary Sinise on disabled veterans, Dolly Parton on illiteracy, Celeste Holm on the need to support arts programming for children, and most recently, Mariska Hargitay of “Law and Order: SVU ” on domestic violence and sexual assault.

This Week In National Press Club History is brought to you by the History & Heritage Committee, which preserves and revitalizes the Club’s 105-year history through lobby displays, events, panel discussions, and its oral-history project.

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For more on the Club’s dramatic history, go to www.press.org/about/history.