- Title:
- Southern courier : a weekly newspaper covering civil rights in the South 1965-68
- Date of Original:
- 1965/1968
- Subject:
- African Americans--Education--United States
African Americans--Alabama--Newspapers
African Americans--Georgia--Newspapers
Atlanta (Ga.)--Newspapers
Fulton County (Ga.)--Newspapers
Montgomery (Ala.)--Newspapers
Montgomery County (Ala.)--Newspapers - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- The 177 issues of The Southern Courier provide a unique on-the-scenes view of the mid-1960s civil rights movement in the Deep South. The Southern Courier's bi-racial staff was committed to reporting and disseminating the news of the Civil Rights movement in a professional and objective manner. Reporters and editors were expected to become part of their communities, black and white alike, and not to engage in "drive-by" journalism or attempts at social change; to use their skills as journalists and not become community organizers or advocates for a single point of view; and to produce a quality newspaper that reached out beyond those who already agreed with the pro-civil rights perspective of its editorial page.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.southerncourier.org/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Southern Courier Association
- Rights:
-
