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The Augusta News-Review -July 4,1981
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What Is The
Power Os The
Black Press ?
William Oti* Walker,
the veritable editor and
publisher of the Clevland
Call & Post, suffered a
massive heart attach in
1980 at the age of 84. His
condition was guarded and
many did not believe that
he would live to see the
new year. But he did.
Now Americans can
discover more about this
living legend known as the
Dean of the Black Press on
an upcoming edition of the
national television series
TONY BROWN'S JOUR
NAL, entitled "The Dean.”
William O. Walker has
tackled many adversaries in
his long lifetime. He
crusaded for the right of
Blacks to eat at Union
Station in Washington and
led the fight for jobs for
Blacks in Cleveland stores
and utility companies.
Walker has used the
medium to crusade for the
rights of Black Americans.
Host and Executive
Producer, Tony Brown’
questions Walker about his
involvement with the
Republican Party; his
controversial political
schism with former
Cleveland mayor Carl
Stokes; his break into the
newspaper business in 1919
and how he perceives the
unique role of the Black
Press.
In response to a
question posed to him
regarding the labelling of
Black Republicans as
conservatives, Walker says,
"I am perhaps more
militant than most of the
Black Democrats for the
rights of Black people. A
Black person in America
can't be a conservative
because being conservative
would indicate that you
were satisfied with the
status quo and I'm not. and
most Republicans are not.
We want change, but we
believe that change can
only come about when you
form alliances with other
people. Sometimes these
alliances may appear to be
strange."
Walker, in his mist
revealing interview is even
more outspoken about the
rift which developed bet
ween the Black leadership
in Cleveland and Carl
Stokes. • "Have you ever
gotten egg on your face by
putting somebody in office
that you later became
disappointed with?" asked
Tony Brown of the Dean.
"Yes. I have." replied
Walker with a laugh.
"That person is Carl
Stokes." Walker continues.
" Then, in the last couple of
years, he turned against
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Forest Thompson remembers the “good ol’ days” with classmates at the recent reunion of the Class of ’44, the last class of Paine High School.
US.” W.O. Walker’s
personality brilliantly
unfolds on the program,
with the aid of two other
guests.
Ronald Kisner, who
has written a detailed
analysis of Walker’s career
for the CLEVELAND
MAGAZINE gives the
audience greater insight
into the political power
wielded by the newspaper
magnate throughout the
years. Journalist Robert
McGruder, managing editor
at the prestigious Cleveland
Plain Dealer, explains
Walker’s contributions to
journalism and his com
munity, and the special role
of the Black Press.
Although Walker for
decades has been a
powerful figure in his
community, he denies that
he has tried to be a power
broket. "1 have tried to
crusade for those things
that I thought the Black
community was entitled to
and to let the White
community know our dislike
of things that they were
doing that were not in the
best interests of Blacks. I
have never tried to use that
to promote myself from a
base of power or to
promote power for any
other particular group.
Power to me has to mean
doing something tangible
and progressive for Black
people,” exclaims Walker.
In his commentary,
Tony Brown says, "This
product oi our Black in
stitutions should rightfully
hold the lofty position of
Dean of the Black Press.
William Otis Walker
learned the strength of the
printed word -- and he used
it."
TONY BROWN'S
JOURNAL, the longest
running national Black
Television series, is
sponsored by Pepis-Cola
Company. It can be seen in
Augusta on Sunday on
Channel 12 at 12:30 p.m.
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