The Press: Loud Voice in Atlanta

The Atlanta Inquirer, a Negro weekly, is neither a good newspaper nor a financial success. The paper has the same 15,000 circulation that it started with eleven months ago, and a fulltime staff of only three. It is often badly written, amateurish, and narrow in its approach. As far as the Inquirer is concerned, the only important stories are those involving the Negro's aggressive pursuit of equality. But in this electric sector of human endeavor, the Inquirer is giving lessons to newspapers all over the South.

Reverberating Beat. Almost every week, the Inquirer runs stories that are not to be found elsewhere...

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