January 6-7, 1968
TOP STORIES: Bond deadlines met in Miss.; School beatings in Lowndes
FEATURE: Two faces of Jefferson County
PHOTO ESSAY: Charles Mitchell at the '67 Blue-Grey Game
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January 13-14, 1968
TOP STORY: No answers in fatal hit-and-run
FEATURE: Story of the Baha'is
PHOTO ESSAY: John Hulett organizing in Lowndes
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January 20-21, 1968
TOP STORIES: Montgomery chief recruits; Ruling on Prattville unrest
FEATURE: Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind
PHOTO ESSAY: Danish gymnasts at Ala. State
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January 27-28, 1968
TOP STORIES: Verdict in John Langdon killing; Charles Evers runs for Congress
FEATURE: Police chief: liquor arrests unfair
PHOTO ESSAY: Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces
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February 3-4, 1968
TOP STORIES: East Selma neglected; Viet Nam vet alleges police beating
FEATURE: How to pay taxes
PHOTO ESSAY: Miss. welfare in action
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February 10-11, 1968:
TOP STORIES: Ballot snafu in La.; Ala. food aid falls short
FEATURES: Alabama juries; Hale hospital
PHOTO ESSAY: Alabama State vs. Bethune Cookman
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February 17-18, 1968
TOP STORIES: Selma elections; Montgomery schools; Farrakhan speaks
FEATURE: Evers' campaign for Congress
PHOTO ESSAY: Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes
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February 24-25, 1968
TOP STORIES: King speaks in Montgomery; Branch demands prisoner release
FEATURE: Macon CAP feeds kids
PHOTO ESSAY: King & SCLC tour Alabama
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March 2-3, 1968
TOP STORIES: Hung jury in rape; Johnson rules on integration; Evers leads in Miss.
FEATURES: Whitney Young; Sen. Mark Hatfield
PHOTO ESSAY: Snow up north
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March 9-10, 1968
TOP STORIES: Tuskegee eggs State Dept. officials; Shots at Evers' home
FEATURE: Poverty in Riggins
PHOTO ESSAY: Cleveland mayor's office
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March 16-17, 1968
TOP STORIES: Birmingham police beating; Trial on in Vernon Dahmer murder
FEATURE: Poverty, evictions in Mobile
PHOTO ESSAY: Karamu House
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March 23-24, 1968
TOP STORIES: Dahmer slayer gets life; Police chief arrested; Protest food aid cut
FEATURE: Sardis farmers get loans
PHOTO ESSAY: Lowndes County CMHR
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March 30-31, 1968
TOP STORIES: Ala. moms, kids protest in DC; Tuskegee revolution; King on tour
FEATURE: Miss. Head Start struggles
PHOTO ESSAY: Robert F. Kennedy at University of Alabama
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April 6-7, 1968
TOP STORIES: Tuskegee police chief on trial; Coleman jury verdict tossed
FEATURE: Baseball spring training in Florida
PHOTO ESSAY: Protests at Tuskegee Institute
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April 13-14, 1968
TOP STORIES: King buried; Strike continues
FEATURES: King's work in Alabama; Day laborers in Dothan
PHOTO ESSAY: "In Remembrance of Me"
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April 20-21, 1968
TOP STORIES: Memphis strikers win; Evers stirs up Jackson
FEATURE: Moms pan Miss. lunch wagon
PHOTO ESSAY: Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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April 27-28, 1968
TOP STORY: U.S. overturns Tuskegee expulsions
FEATURE: Boys Clubs separate, not equal
PHOTO ESSAY: Charles Griffin and family
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May 4-5, 1968
TOP STORY: Charges against Ala. trooper tossed
FEATURE: Macon County elections
PHOTO ESSAY: "The Night People"
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May 11-12, 1968
TOP STORY: Poor People's Campaign begins march
FEATURE: Students seek black unity
PHOTO ESSAY: Harness racing in Alabama?
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May 18-19, 1968
TOP STORY: Poor Peoples' Campaign reaches Greensboro
FEATURES: Federal rights comm. hearings in Ala.; Hispanic leader supports PPC
PHOTO ESSAY: Johnson Beach, Fla.
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May 25-26, 1968
TOP STORY: Poor People's Campaign reaches DC
FEATURE: PPC marchers tell their stories
PHOTO ESSAY: PPC's Resurrection City in DC
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June 1-2, 1968
TOP STORIES: Mississippi votes; Mule caravan joins PPC
FEATURE: Resurrection City, pop. 3,000
PHOTO ESSAY: A black grave
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June 8-9, 1968
TOP STORY: Evers on RFK shooting
FEATURES: Teacher Scotia McKinney; Poor get emergency loans
PHOTO ESSAY: Zoo in Jackson, Miss.
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June 15-16, 1968
TOP STORIES: RFK buried; Chaos in PPC; Tuskegee church desegregated
FEATURE: Abernathy, Reed exhort grads
PHOTO ESSAY: "The Ditch People"
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June 22-23, 1968
TOP STORIES: Donors step in with food aid after TV special; PPC rallies 60,000 in DC
FEATURE: PPC marchers: Va. like home
PHOTO ESSAY: Gospel show in Birmingham
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June 29-30, 1968
TOP STORIES: Boycott in Miss.; PPC shakes up DC
FEATURE: Quilting bee finds new markets
PHOTO ESSAY: Solidarity Day in DC
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July 6-7, 1968
TOP STORY: PPC plans boycotts
FEATURE: Last days of Resurrection City
PHOTO ESSAY: Swimming at the 'Y'
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July 13-14, 1968
TOP STORY: Miss., Ala. school boards resist integration
FEATURE: Farmer sends 12 kids to college
PHOTO ESSAY: 'Fourth Day' on the farm
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July 20-21, 1968
TOP STORY: Thomas Reed runs in Tuskegee
FEATURES: Dems seek open convention in Chicago; Group aids Mobile ghettos
PHOTO ESSAY: Poverty in Autauga County
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July 27-28, 1968
TOP STORY: Alabama's National Democrats to fight Wallace
FEATURE: No change in Talladega, Tuscaloosa slums
PHOTO ESSAY: Lining up for free food
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August 3-4, 1968
TOP STORIES: GOP, Democratic conventions
FEATURES: Going 'afro' in Miles; 'Soul Roots Workshop' in Birmingham
PHOTO ESSAY: Seeing the South
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August 10-11, 1968
TOP STORY: Black delegates rebuffed at GOP convention
FEATURE: Marks, Miss. after Poor Peoples' Campaign
PHOTO ESSAY: Birmingham jazz festival
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August 17-18, 1968
TOP STORY: Dixie delegates challenged at Dem convention
FEATURE: Nixon back on top, picks Agnew
PHOTO ESSAY: The old ball game
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August 24-25, 1968
TOP STORIES: SCLS in Memphis; Dixiecrats un-seated in Chicago
FEATURES: National Democrats; Wallace launches bid
PHOTO ESSAY: Miami Beach perfect for GOP
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August 31 - September 1, 1968
TOP STORY: Barred by YMCA, Georgia kids drown
FEATURE: SCLC convention in Memphis
PHOTO ESSAY: 'The 51st State of Hunger'
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September 7-8, 1968
TOP STORY: Parents protest Ala. school closings
FEATURE: Dems brawl in Chicago
PHOTO ESSAY: Football practice at Carver High
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September 14-15, 1968
TOP STORY: No charges in two Florence shooting deaths
FEATURE: Chicago convention mayhem
PHOTO ESSAY: Day laborer in Moundville opens home
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September 21-22, 1968
TOP STORIES: NDPA struggles; Mississippi tense
FEATURE: Black candidates break through in Fairfield elections
PHOTO ESSAY: A day at Head Start
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September 28-29, 1968
TOP STORY: Wallace, Humphrey rallies
FEATURES: 'Up North, Down South'; Jury exclusion in Ala.
PHOTO ESSAY: Lippizan stallions
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October 5-6, 1968
TOP STORY: Tuscaloosa schools ordered to speed integration
FEATURE: Prosperity divide in Albany, Ga.
PHOTO ESSAY: 'Behold the Man'
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October 12-13, 1968
TOP STORY: YMCA discrimination fight in Ga.
FEATURE: Montgomery girls' Job Corps experiences
PHOTO ESSAY: Mongomery trade school
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October 19-20, 1968
TOP STORY: Police brutality protest in B'ham
FEATURE: Campus politics in Tuskegee, Atlanta, Miss.
PHOTO ESSAY: B.B. King in Montgomery
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October 26-27, 1968
TOP STORY: House candidates debate in Montgomery
FEATURE: Lowndes Freedom Party
PHOTO ESSAY: 'Hunger in America' families get food aid
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November 2-3, 1968
TOP STORY: 'Humphrey Is Only Choice for Blacks'
FEATURES: Rallies in San Francisco; Afrocentric fashion
PHOTO ESSAY: Circus in Montgomery
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November 9-10, 1968
TOP STORY: Nixon, Boone winners
FEATURE: D. C. Wolfe's first homecoming
PHOTO ESSAY: Football is for everybody
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November 16-17, 1968
TOP STORIES: Campus protests; Rosedale hails olympic champ
FEATURE: Albany, a town King couldn't crack
PHOTO ESSAY: 'On This Rock I'll Build My Church'
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November 23-24, 1968
TOP STORY: Black gains in Ga. Legislature
FEATURE: 'A draftee has no rights'
PHOTO ESSAY: Mt. Meigs boys' club
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November 30 - December 1, 1968
TOP STORIES: Rough day in B'ham; St. Jude, Clay County meet in state semis
FEATURE: Muhammad Ali in Tuskegee
PHOTO ESSAY: Beginning of dream in Selma
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December 7-8, 1968
TOP STORIES: James Sanders killed by B'ham policeman; St. Jude loses final
FEATURES: 'You People'; The last Courier
PHOTO ESSAY: Laundry can be fun
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