The Call and Post was established around 1928 by a group of people including local African-American inventor Garrett A. Morgan, 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.

The publication also extensively covered Larry Doby, the first black player to successfully integrate into the American League's Cleveland Indians baseball franchise.

[4] 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.

[8][9] The Call and Post filed for bankruptcy in 1995, but was purchased in 1998 by boxing promoter Don King.

[10] 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