[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16056-16057]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          IN HONOR OF THE 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CALL & POST

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, October 24, 2011

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Cleveland's Call 
& Post newspaper which is celebrating its 95th anniversary on November 
3, 2011.
  The Call & Post was established in 1928 when the Cleveland Call and 
the Cleveland Post merged. The Cleveland Call and Cleveland Post were 
newspapers that had been independently serving Cleveland's African 
American community since 1920. The Call &

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Post was a struggling publication the first several years it was in 
circulation. However, in 1932, when Baltimore's William Otis Walker 
came to manage the paper, the Call & Post began to grow and prosper. 
The Call & Post increased from four pages to twelve and its circulation 
more than tripled. Mr. Walker partnered with P-W Publishing Co. and ran 
the paper until the early 1980s. Under Mr. Walker's leadership, the 
Call & Post became one of the best African American newspapers in the 
country. In 1959, the Call & Post extended its circulation and began 
running editions for the cities of Columbus and Cincinnati as well as a 
state-wide edition.
  Don King bought the Call & Post in 1998 and remains the paper's owner 
and publisher. The publication still runs a statewide edition. The 
weekly edition of the Call & Post features local news in Cleveland, 
Columbus and Cincinnati and includes the Call & Post 2nd edition, an 
arts and entertainment tabloid. The paper has received recognition from 
the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the Press Club of 
Cleveland.
  Mr. Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honoring the 95th 
anniversary of one of the nation's most prominent African American 
newspapers, the Call & Post.

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