A ceremony to unveil a marker for the Southern Courier newspaper that covered the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s will take place on Saturday, July 26 at 10 a.m.
According to a press release from the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, the paper was founded by students of Harvard University Law School to report on civil rights issues, namely race relations, social justice issues, school desegregation, and human rights concerns.
The event is being led by Rev. Dr. Viola Bradford, who was the Southern Courier's first black reporter.
"The Courier exposed the Southern way of life and its people: the good, the bad and the ugly," she said.
The event will be attended by founders Ellen Lake and Stephen Cotton, Courier staff, city officials, educators, community activists, Montgomery business leaders, journalism students, and representatives from the Alabama Historical Commission.
The unveiling will be held at the former Frank Leu Building that had served as the paper's headquarters, located in Montgomery at 79 Commerce Street and Bibb Streets.
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