Wilbert "Bill" A. Tatum, retired publisher of the New York Amsterdam News, the Harlem-based newspaper that has covered the city's black community for a century, has passed away at the age of 76. 1933 -2009 (see rest of story at NY Daily News)
"Bill Tatum represented the best of American media leaders, and the Black Press. He was a fearless defender of the underdog, and a dedicated teller of truth." (NAACP)
"It was men like Bill Tatum that helped us Keep Up on the things going on in the Black community. It is people like him that we strive to Keep Up with everyday. You are an inspiration to us all" (Keeping up with the Huxtables)
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Without people like him, my career dreams would not be possible...
agreed~
My respects to family and friends. And to fellow African American New Yorkers who will miss the reporting of Amsterdam News.
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