The ''Call and Post'' (or ''Call & Post'') is an
African-American weekly newspaper, based in
Cleveland,
Ohio.
History
The ''Call and Post'' was established around 1928 by a group of people including local African-American inventor
Garrett A. Morgan
Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a three-position traffic signal and a smoke hood (a predecessor to the gas mask) notab ...
, as a merger between the ''Cleveland Call'' and the ''Cleveland Post'', two newspapers that had been serving the African-American community since 1916 and 1920 respectively.
, a black Republican who had been co-founder of the
''Washington Tribune'', became editor in 1932.
The ''Call and Post'' provided extensive coverage of the social and religious life in the African-American community, and was known to feature sensational coverage of violence on its front page. The publication also extensively covered
Larry Doby, the first black player to successfully integrate into the
American League's
Cleveland Indians baseball franchise. Reporter Cleveland Jackson communicated extensively with Indians owner and team president
Bill Veeck
William Louis Veeck Jr. ( ; February 9, 1914 – January 2, 1986), also known as "Sport Shirt Bill", was an American Major League Baseball franchise owner and promoter. Veeck was at various times the owner of the Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Br ...
before Doby was signed by the Indians in
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
.
With the influence of editor and publisher William O. Walker from 1932 until his death in 1981, the ''Call and Post'' established itself as the most influential voice for African-Americans in Cleveland and ultimately all Ohio. It earned praise as one of the finest African-American newspapers in the country. As early as 1934, the ''Call and Post'' was active in calling for public involvement in the
Scottsboro case. In 1952, a former ''Call and Post'' reporter,
Simeon Booker, became the first African-American reporter at ''
The Washington Post''.
[Wil Haygood,]
The Man From Jet:Simeon Booker not only covered a tumultuous era, he lived it
, '' The Washington Post'', July 15, 2007.
After moving to new offices in 1959, the ''Call and Post'' began to publish with
offset printing
Offset printing is a common printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. When used in combination with the lithographic process, which is based on t ...
. It was one of the first newspapers in Ohio to use the new technique.
Another example of advocacy took place in 1982, with a scathing editorial in support of Cleveland real estate developer
Winston E. Willis
Winston Earl Willis (born October 21, 1939) is an American former real estate developer who established his business in Cleveland, Ohio during the early 1960s. He created University Circle Properties Development, Inc. (UCPD, Inc.), which owned r ...
, whose properties, located near
University Circle, had been targeted by the
Cleveland Clinic,
Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...
, and University Hospitals for expansion.
The ''Call and Post'' filed for bankruptcy in 1995, but was purchased in 1998 by boxing promoter
Don King.
The ''Call and Post'' covers local news in Cleveland,
Columbus, and
Cincinnati, along with arts and entertainment in its ''CP2'' (''Call & Post'' 2nd edition) tabloid.
The ''Call And Post'' was inducted into the first class of the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame in August 2013 at the Watjen Auditorium at Cleveland State University
See also
*
African American newspapers
References
Further reading
*
* Ross, Felecia G. Jones (1999).
"Mobilizing the Masses: The Cleveland ''Call and Post'' and the Scottsboro Incident" ''The Journal of Negro History'', v. 84, no. 1 (Winter, 1999).
External links
Call and Post official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Call and Post
Newspapers published in Cleveland
African-American newspapers
Weekly newspapers published in the United States
African-American history in Cleveland
Publications established in 1928
History of Cleveland
1928 establishments in Ohio