The Courier's Big Story: A Romance in Journalism, Pittsburgh Courier (1953)

Film highlighting the day to day operations of the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the largest weekly newspapers owned and operated by Black Americans. Employees Robert L. (Lee) Vann, Ira Lewis, Jessie Matthews Vann, Daisy S. Lampkin, Earl V. Hord, William G. Nunn (also known as Bill Nunn, Sr.), Robert Ratcliffe, Percival Leroy (P.L.) Prattis, A.D. "Jake" Gaither, Arthur Morris, Henry Lindsay, Alma Polk, Gertrude Schalk (also known as Toki Schalk Johnson), Joseph D. Bibb, Dr. Benjamin Mays, Marjorie McKenzie, J.A. Rodgers, William C. Page, and more are shown or discussed. Art direction by James D. Drake. Photography by Josephus F. Hicks.
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