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The Double V campaign, initiated by the Pittsburgh Courier from February 1942, was a drive to promote the fight for democracy in overseas campaigns and at the home front in the United States for African Americans during World War II. The idea of the Double V originated from a letter written by James G. Thompson on January 31, 1942.
The Pittsburgh Courier was an African American weekly newspaper published in Pittsburgh from 1907 [1] until October 22, 1966. [2] By the 1930s, the Courier was one of the leading black newspapers in the United States. [3] [4] It was acquired in 1965 by John H. Sengstacke, a major black publisher and owner of the Chicago Defender.
Pennsylvania's first African American newspaper was The Mystery, published in Pittsburgh by Martin Robison Delany from 1843 to 1847. [ 2 ] Today, Pennsylvania is home to numerous active African American newspapers, including the oldest such newspaper nationwide, the Philadelphia Tribune .
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The Bucks County Courier Times took home eight awards in this year’s Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s annual Keystone awards including the state’s most prestigious journalism award.. The ...
The Petoskey News-Review and its sister publications, the Charlevoix Courier and Gaylord Herald Times, earned 13 awards in the APME 2022 awards.
Prattis became the Courier's managing editor in 1948, and then executive editor in 1956. [2] When the Pittsburgh Courier was in financial jeopardy during the 1960s, Prattis donated $33,000 of his own money to help stabilize the paper. [4] He remained executive editor until 1965, retiring after John H. Sengstacke purchased the ailing paper. [2]
This will be the 67th year for the Courier's partnership with the Levittown-Bristol Kiwanis Club to raise funds. Last year, some 3,877 vouchers were distributed and some 2,150 families were helped ...