Walker (left) and Louis Stokes, represented by his administrative assistant Ernie Fann (right), receiving awards for their contributions to the black community. Walker was an incredibly well respected and awarded journalist during his career with the Call and Post. Because of his work with the black press, Walker served as the second president of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association (later renamed the National Newspaper Publishers Association), an organization of African American publishers designed to create a dialogue that would benefit the black press and advance Civil Rights in the U.S. | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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