More than just a journalist

More than just a journalist

Newspaperman/columnist/commentator/statesman Carl Rowan -- who died last weekend at the age of 75 -- was known as "America's most visible Black journalist" to some. But he was more than just a "Black journalist."

Rowan was a wordsmith supreme and a battler and chronicler of historical struggles that impacted upon all people.

Through his column in another major Chicago newspaper, his syndicated radio show, "The Rowan Report" and his regular appearances on the TV talk show "Agronsky and Co.," Mr. Rowan pushed the button on issues far beyond race -- the Cuban missile crisis, European and African unrest and domestic concerns -- but the analysis …