Julius Hunter

Who is Julius Hunter?

Julius Kelton Hunter was born on October 13, 1943, the son of Van, a janitor, and Lena, a domestic worker.

He is best known as a reporter/anchorman on two television stations in St. Louis: KSD-TV, the NBC affiliate in St. Louis and KMOX-TV, the CBS affiliate in St. Louis. But while he achieved his greatest fame as a TV news reporter and anchorman from 1970 to 2002, he is also widely appreciated for his work as a teacher, civic leader, author, historian, newspaper columnist, radio talk show host, university administrator, police commissioner, musician and founder of an extensive African American Research Collection based at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters.