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FEBRUARY 21, 2002
Sun set on Brooklyn’s city scribe
BROOKLYN, NY
Brooklyn is not as bright
today. Neither is the most
populous borough as enquir
ing as when Andrew Wells
Cooper probed the politics of
the'day. He died Monday Feb.
42002, in Brooklyn at age 74.
Known to many as Andy, he
was born there and lived his
entire life advocating for its
shareinthefive-part piewhich
hethought mayhavenot been
fairly divided. It was Cooper’s
leadership and relentless ad
vocacy for a Black representa
tive to Congress, which
yielded Shirley Chisholm as
the first for the Borough.
Cooper’s name had been pati
tioned to take the honor. But
Cooper was born tobe anews
paper man.
Readers relied on his
weekly “One Man Opinion”
and Washington, D.C. wasfar
ther than readers wanted to
go to know what Andy had to
say. He was the anticipated
voice of the Amsterdam News
and as a columnist riled more
than a few to do the right
thing. His voice echoed on the
pages of the Village Voice
where he by-lined investiga
tive pieces detailing the who,
what, when, why, where, and
how of City Hall, Albany and
Washington. “Andrew Cooper,
publisher of the City Sun, was
not only a personal friend, but
has been one of the Black
Press’s most effective and
strongest voices. His contri
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butions to the lives of our
industry, New York and the
struggle must not be forgot
ten,” said John J. Oliver Jr.,
president of the National
Newspaper Publishers Asso
ciation and publisher of the
Baltimore and Washington
Afro-American newspapers.
When Cooper rested his pen,
he graduated scores of jour
nalists to ask those very ques
tions. He founded Trans-Ur
ban News Servicein 1977 and
[after] weeks of intensive,
journalism training, flooded
.government with curious, pro
bative and unstoppable in
terns who were required to
provideindependent, authori
tative viewpoints on news and
current events. Cooper’s in
ternsresearched and provided
reports at radiostation WLIB
and before graduation were
published reportersin the Vil
lage Voice, New York Times
and The New York Amsterdam
News.
And while his legacy lives
through the many Black jour
nalist scattered throughout
the newsrooms of New York,
Cooper’s final dream was to
have his own newspaper.
In a city where tabloids
ruled, Cooper was successful
to see the dawn of the City
Sun. Publisher and editor-in
chief, Cooper pledged a motto
of “speaking truth to power.”
Ironicasthatis, it is Cooper
vs. Power, a landmark deci
sion which many recall the
name as significant in decid
ing the case for reapportion
ment and the white 12* con
gressional district which
elected Chisholm.
Cooper was born Aug. 21,
1927, and attended Boys High
School in Brooklyn. He at
tended Adelphi University.
“Andywas abeacon of light for
all New Yorkers,” said Don
Rojas, CEO of the online pub
lication The Black World To
day.
And while his public per
sona had its piace, privately,
‘Cooper maintained a reputa
tion as a father-figure to Paul
Jackson, Vivian Scott Chew
and others. “I am so grateful
that my friend Jocelyn allowed
me to share her dad with her.
He was more than a father-.
figuretome. Hewas myfriend,
my mentor, my hero,” Scott
Chew said.
When dusk fell last Mon
day, at 5:20 p.m., Cooper was
surrounded by his entire fam
ily. He is survived by his be
loved wife, Jocelyn; two ac
complished daughters, Andrea
Andrews and Jocelyn; agrand
son, Damani; great-grandson,
Lev;twobrothers, Robert and
Milton; and a number of
nieces, nephews, cousins and
friends. Memorial services
were held on Feb. 15 at 6:30
p.m. at First Presbyterian
Church, 128 Henry St. in
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