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Sep 15, 2026

Alexis ScottGUEST
2:22
And I did that for three, four years.
Alexis ScottGUEST
2:25
And I left in 1997 to take over my family's newspaper, which is the Atlanta Daily World newspaper.
Alexis ScottGUEST
2:33
Started by my grandfather, William A. Scott II, in 1928.
Alexis ScottGUEST
2:38
Became the nation's first black-owned
JT WheatleyHOST
3:00
This was especially Charles Seifert, who felt it was important that black children should be informed and proud of their heritage, much of which was lacking in the public school system at the time.
JT WheatleyHOST
3:11
Next, Pius did The Dopes for Stanton Future Syndicate in 1933, which ran in black newspapers as the Pittsburgh Courier and Atlanta Daily World.
JT WheatleyHOST
3:20
He would sign these under the friendly byline Bob Pius.
JT WheatleyHOST
3:24
The strip was later renamed The Dopes, becoming a black version of Bringing Up Father, the classic and long-running strip from George McManus.
J.T. WheatleyHOST
3:00
This was especially Charles Seifert, who felt it was important that black children should be informed and proud of their heritage, much of which was lacking in the public school system at the time.
J.T. WheatleyHOST
3:11
Next, Pius did The Dopes for Stanton Future Syndicate in 1933, which ran in black newspapers as the Pittsburgh Courier and Atlanta Daily World.
J.T. WheatleyHOST
3:20
He would sign these under the friendly byline Bob Pius.
J.T. WheatleyHOST
3:24
The strip was later renamed The Dopes, becoming a black version of Bringing Up Father, the classic and long-running strip from George McManus.
Ronna SimmonsGUEST
3:14
He was a young Black boy, and his father was a Black businessman in Atlanta back in the '30s.
Ronna SimmonsGUEST
3:20
So his father was the head of the Atlanta Daily World, a newspaper, and a successful Black-owned enterprise, one of the only successful Black-owned newspaper in the country.
Ronna SimmonsGUEST
3:30
So one might say he had a life of privilege.
Ronna SimmonsGUEST
3:35
Of course, I think he would absolutely deny that.

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