Summary Information
Southern Courier Records
1965-1967
Micro 484
3 reels of microfilm (35mm)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Southern Courier, a weekly Montgomery, Alabama paper issued by the Southern Educational Conference and founded by civil rights workers to serve the Black community in Alabama and Mississippi. Office files concerned with publishing the paper constitute one half of the collection, with the remainder made up of resource material on Alabama, Mississippi, and various civil rights organizations. The office files include published and unpublished articles and ideas; financial and circulation material; and correspondence, staff mail, and letters to the editor.
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Biography/History
The Southern Courier, a weekly newspaper, began publication on July 16, 1965 in Atlanta, Georgia. The paper was conceived by six Harvard-Radcliffe students during the summer of 1964 while they were civil rights workers in the South. They were convinced by their own experience that there was no objective newspaper which reached the Negro or gave full and fair reports on life in the South. It began as a full-size, six-page paper with a volume of 15,000 copies. The staff were all recent graduates or students of journalism, who received $2O a week plus subsistence expenses while on assignments. The original idea of an edition for each of five Southern states had to be limited to only an Alabama issue, and after publishing six weeks in Atlanta (the office had been established there in the spring), the paper's editorial office was moved to Montgomery, Alabama. By 1967, the weekly circulation had reached approximately 24,000 after many financial difficulties, a Ford Foundation grant, and praise from prominent newspapers and reporters.
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Southern Courier are organized in two groups. The first group is compiled from office subject files concerned with publishing and administering the newspaper (segments 1-39). The second group is compiled from general resource and subject files containing background information on southern states, civil rights organizations, projects, and individuals (segments 40-90). All material is arranged chronologically within each segment except when noted as alphabetized.
Administrative/Restriction Information
Originals loaned for microfilming by the Southern Courier, Michael Lottman, editor.
Processed by Ronald L. Perkins, August 21, 1967.
Contents List
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Series: Office Subject Files
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1
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Address Lists, 1965
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2
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Advertisements, 1966
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3
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Area (or Bureau) Reports and Contacts, Aug.-Sept. 1966
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4
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Articles Contributed, June 1967
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Article Ideas Contributed, 1965-1967
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Articles on the Southern Courier, 1965-1966
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7
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Award Nominations, 1965-1966
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Business Correspondence, 1965-1967
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Congratulations, June-Aug. 1965
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Contributions
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10
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Foundations (alphabetized), 1965-1967
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11
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Individuals (alphabetized), 1965-1967
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12
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Requests Denied (alphabetized), 1965
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13
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Correspondence about Stories and Articles, 1965-1967
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Correspondence about the Southern Courier, 1965-1967
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Crank Mail, 1965-1967
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Distribution
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Contracts, 1965
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Correspondence, 1965-1967
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Notes, 1965-1967
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Record, 1965-1966
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Exchanges, 1965-1967
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Fund Raising, 1965
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Inquiries - General, 1966-1967
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King, John (Detroit), 1965
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Letters to the Editor
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1965-1966
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Jan - June 1967
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Photography Equipment, 1965
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Staff Applications, 1965-1967
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Staff Correspondence with Editor
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A-Z, 1965-1967
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Baughman, L. Alan, Feb - May 1966
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30
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Falk, Gail, 1965-1966
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31
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Lottman, Michael L., 1965-1966
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32
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Smith, Robert E., 1965-1967
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33
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Staff List and Address Cards, undated
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34
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Staff Meeting Orientation, June 20-22, 1965
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35
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Stringers, 1965-1967
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36
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Subscriptions with Comments (alphabetized), 1965-1967
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37
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Tape Recorders, 1965-1966
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38
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Unused Material, 1966-1967
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39
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Washington (D.C.) Bureau, 1966
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Series: Resource and Subject Files
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40
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Alabama: Birmingham, 1965-1967
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41
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Alabama Council on Human Relations, Inc., 1965-1967
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Alabama Counties
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42
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General, 1965-1966
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43
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Barbour, Bullock, Butler, 1966
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44
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Choctaw, 1965-1966
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Dallas (Selma)
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45
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1965
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46
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1966-1967
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47
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Elmore, 1966
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48
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Greene (Eutaw), 1966
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49
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Hale (Greensboro), 1966
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Lee, 1966-1967
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51
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Lowndes (Hayneville), 1965-1967
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52
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Macon (Tuskegee), 1965-1966
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53
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Madison (Huntsville), 1965-1966
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54
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Mobile, 1965-1966
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Montgomery, 1966
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56
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Pike, 1965
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Talladega, 1966
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58
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Tuscaloosa, 1965-1966
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59
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Wilcox, 1966
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60
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Alabama Democratic Conference, Dec 1965-Jan 1966, May 1967
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61
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Alabama: Demopolis Project (continued on reel 3), 1966
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62
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Alabama Politics, 1965-1966
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63
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Civil Rights Workers - After Leaving the South, 1966
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64
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Congress of Facial Equality (CORE), 1965
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65
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Education in Alabama, 1965-1967
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66
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Flowers, Richard N., 1965-1967
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67
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Georgia, 1965-1967
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68
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Law Students Civil Rights Research Council Bulletin, July 1965
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69
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Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (ACLU), 1965-1967
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70
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Medical Committee for Human Rights, 1965-1966
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Mississippi
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71
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General, {1964- ) 1965-1967
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72
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COFO projects, 1964-1965
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73
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Natchez, 1965, 1967
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Mississippi Counties
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74
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Benton, 1964-1965
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75
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Hinds (Jackson), 1967
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76
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Jones (Laurel & Ellisville), 1965-1966
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77
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Leflore (Greenwood), 1963-1955
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78
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Marshall (Holly Springs), 1964-1965
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79
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Pike (McComb), 1964-1965
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80
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Sunflower (Greenville), 1966
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81
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Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), 1966-1967
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82
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Police Brutality, 1967
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83
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School integration Civil Suits: counties of Crenshaw, Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Montgomery, 1966-1967
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84
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Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, 1965-1967
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85
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Southwest Alabama Farmers' Cooperative Association (SWAFCA), 1967
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Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) - Project of SCLC, 1965
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87
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, June 1965
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88
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Virginia Students Civil Rights Committee (VSCRC), 1965-1966
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89
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Wallace, George C., 1966
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Welfare, 1965, 1967
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