The Southern Courier

Two undergraduate journalists at Harvard College, veterans of the 64 Freedom Summer, decided to fill the void. They raised some money, recruited some friends, and founded the Southern Courier. It began publication in July, 1965, and every week for three years -- 177 issues -- it reported the stories of a movement that changed America. The Courier was based in Montgomery, Alabama, with bureaus in Alabama and Mississippi. It covered events from Georgia to Louisiana. The Courier also served as a training ground for black and white young people in the South to learn reporting, editing, photojournalism, newspaper production, and business skills. - Publisher website. From 1965 to 1968, the Southern Courier provided weekly local coverage of the people, places, and events that shaped the civil rights movement in the American South. The young reporters, photographers, and staff of the Southern Courier offered unique and intimate accounts of both sides in the struggle for equality and justice -- at the polls, in schools, in the churches, in city halls, statehouses and courthouses. This digital edition allows readers, for the first time, to browse, read and search all 177 issues of the Southern Courier. - Container.