The Southern Patriot, April 1968

The Southern Patriot, April 1968

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10428/2636
Date: 1968-04

Abstract:

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—This city, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, has been living a lie—as all U.S. cities are living a lie. Memphis bills itself as “the City of Good Abode.” It crows about its integrated public accommodations and constantly reminds visitors that these were achieved without the necessity or “bother” of marches and demonstrations.

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The Southern Conference was founded in 1938 and is dedicated to ending racism, poverty, and other injustices in the South; it opposes war as an instrument of national policy..

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  • The Southern Patriot
    The Southern Patriot was a progressive southern newspaper that ran from from 1942-1973 out of South Carolina. The newspaper supported and advocated desegregation before and after the Civil Rights Movement. It covered groups like the militant-leaning Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in a favorable light. It covered the youth movements, sit-ins, and acts of civil disobedience surrounding the Civil Rights Movement and inspired activists in their endeavors.

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