The Great Speckled Bird (newspaper)
| Publisher | Atlanta Cooperative News Project |
|---|---|
| Founded | March 8, 1968 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta |
| Circulation | 22,000 |
| ISSN | 0017-369X |
| OCLC number | 1751560 |
| Official website | http://www.greatspeckledbird.org/ |
The Great Speckled Bird was a counterculture underground newspaper based in Atlanta, Georgia from 1968 to 1976.[1] It was founded by New Left activists from Emory University and members of the Southern Student Organizing Committee, an offshoot of SDS. Founding editors included Tom and Stephanie Coffin, Howard Romaine and Gene Guerrero Jr.[2] The first issue appeared March 8, 1968, and within 6 months it was publishing weekly. By 1970 it was the third largest weekly newspaper in Georgia with a paid circulation of 22,000 copies. The paper subscribed to Liberation News Service, a leftist news collective. The office of The Great Speckled Bird at the north end of Piedmont Park (240 Westminster Dr.) was firebombed and destroyed on May 6, 1972 after the paper published an exposé of the mayor of Atlanta.
A quote from The Bird: "These are our opinions and we are entitled to them, they are not written anywhere else. So, don't expect us to tell both sides of the story. The big newspapers, magazines, TV and radio do that all day long. Here you will hear our side of things."
[edit] References
- ^ Zald, Anne E.; Cathy Seitz Whitaker (1990). "The underground press of the Vietnam era: An annotated bibliography". Reference Services Review 18 (4): 76–96.
- ^ Gregg L. Michel. Struggle for a Better South: The Southern Student Organizing Committee, 1964-1969. Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 9-781-40396010-8
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