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Braye’s sister Barbara Howard, who started out as a typesetter at the Courier and rose to the position of associate editor, says she sorely missed the paper and its people. “After it became defunct, there was still a need for the Courier, the type of coverage that they gave,” she says...
...perhaps these former reporters and staffers are verging on self-pity, overlooking the startlingly clear impact they made on young black people like Howard. She remembers how hard it was growing up in Montgomery in the 50s and 60s, and how the members of the Courier were her saving grace...
...other members of The Southern Courier staff were just journalists doing their job by reporting objectively. But to people like Howard, stuck in a place and time mired in violence, those reporters were proof that alongside hatred there can also be hope...
...women and children landed in a homemade outrigger canoe on the far northern Queensland coast in January. Since then, their case has led to the recalling of Indonesia's ambassador, prompted an increase in Indonesian naval patrols, and abruptly put an improving relationship, as Prime Minister John Howard delicately conceded last week, "under strain...
...Howard last week promised a review of that process while doing his best to discourage other Papuans from attempting the same trip, and was full of praise for his Indonesian counterpart, lauding him as "one of the most capable, moderate Islamic leaders in the world." All of this means nothing to little San and Joy Kambu Wainggai as they run around in the autumn chill in bright new beanies and warm pajamas. All they remember of their journey are "big waves." Their father hopes one day to take them home to an independent West Papua. Their mother will be praying...