Episode 2671: Rev. Dr. Viola Bradford ~ The Southern Courier Youngest Journalist tlaks Importance of Our Voices in Written & Pictorial Mediia

Building Abundant Success!!© with Sabrina-Marie · Feb 24, 2026 · 40m

Viola Bradford started working at The Southern Courier when she was 14. On July 26, she will celebrate the newspaper's 60th anniversary with the culmination of a years-long effort to put a marker at the newspaper's former office on Commerce Street.

A group of Harvard University journalism students formed The Southern Courier in 1965 to document the Civil Rights Movement. The newspaper covered Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi and worked to recruit people from the area to report.

Bradford's work with the Courier led her to a career in journalism. She earned five degrees, including a doctorate…