Walter Zacharius, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kensington Publishing

Walter chats with AALBC.com President Troy Johnson and author Gwynne Forester about his impact on publishing African American books. He tells stories about Publishing Jim Brown's Bio and pubishing the first line of African American Romance novels.

Co-Producted by AALBC.com and Harlem World Magazine.

More About Walter:
Walter Zacharius, author of The Memories We Keep and the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Kensington Publishing grew up in Borough Park, Brooklyn, served in World War II from 1943 until 1945 and was with the French when they liberated Paris in August 1944. He was just nineteen years old at the time.

A noted philanthropist, Walter has established scholarships for students who want to study music but don’t have the financial means. He also sponsors the Harlem RBI Little League Team and has provided numerous college scholarships in and around New York City for members of the RBI team and young men and women who want to embark upon a career in publishing. Walter is active in a number of Jewish organizations, especially as a longtime supporter and former Chairman of the UJA. In 1994, he was invited to the Vatican by His Holiness Pope John Paul II to attend a special concert in Commemoration of the Shoah, the Jewish Holocaust. Walter served as a benefactor and organizer of this historic concert.

An avid world traveler, Walter is also an art collector, musician, athlete, and adventurer who went skydiving for the first time at the age of 65! A New York City resident, he recently started a Los Angeles-based movie production company to produce independent films and is working on an outline for his next book.

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Producer: Troy Johnson