The Southern Courier Digital Access Project

FAIN: PW-50494-09

Southern Courier Association (Washington, DC 20003-3134)
Jonathan Lottman (Project Director: November 2008 to July 2010)

The project will provide for 1) the creation and preservation of a permanent and complete film archive of the Southern Courier newspaper; 2) the creation and dissemination of the complete digital archive of the Southern Courier newspaper; and 3) free public access to the Southern Courier digital archive, both through partnerships with academic, cultural, and historical institutions, and through the creation and publication of interactive resources on the world wide web, to include the complete archives of the Southern Courier newspaper, and other supplementary materials as appropriate.

Associated Products

The Southern Courier: Complete Series (1965-1968), First Digital Edition (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: The Southern Courier: Complete Series (1965-1968), First Digital Edition
Author: The Southern Courier Association
Abstract: From 1965 to 1968, the Southern Courier newspaper provided weekly local coverage of the people, places, and events that shaped the civil rights movement in the American South. This digital edition allows readers, for the first time, to browse, read and search all 177 issues of the Southern Courier.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/southern-courier/oclc/649825202
Primary URL Description: Worldcat reference page, includes a partial list of university library collections which now include the Southern Courier first digital edition.
Access Model: Free to access online, DVD-ROM copies are free to institutions, and are available at hundreds of university libraries nationwide.

Prizes

Featured Project
Date: 4/9/2012
Organization: NEH, Div. of Preservation and Access
Abstract: Eyewitness Reporting of the Civil Rights Movement NEH funding has contributed to a freely accessible digital archive of The Southern Courier, one of the only newspapers in the Deep South reporting on the events and people involved with the civil rights movement from 1965 to 1968.

"We The People" designee
Date: 11/24/2008
Organization: NEH, Office of the Chairman
Abstract: Upon approval of the Southern Courier Association's original NEH Chairman's grant, the Southern Courier Digital Access Project was designated part of NEH's "We The People" program. The project commenced in March 2009.

The Southern Courier: initial online archive (Web Resource)
Title: The Southern Courier: initial online archive
Author: The Southern Courier Association
Abstract: A complete, browsable, searchable archive of the Southern Courier newspaper, originally published from 1965-1968. High-quality PDF reproductions of the original newspaper, downloadable by single weekly issue, in low-, standard-, and high-resolution formats. Features a very basic, no-frills user interface, much like having access to a searchable, online set of microfilm reels.
Year: 2010
Primary URL: http://www.southerncourier.org/archives.html
Primary URL Description: First page of the chronological listing of Southern Courier newspaper issues, with very brief descriptions and download links for each issue. The .html archive consists of four pages, one for each year between 1965 and 1968. The "search" dialog provide basic search functionality for the entire archive.

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