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In 1954, Courtney was named chairman of the New Orleans branch of the group called Ten Million Americans Mobilizing For Justice, a defender of [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]], who was [[Censure|cemsured]] by his fellow senators for his investigations into communist subversion of the U.S. government. That same year, Courtney lost a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] race for the New Orleans City Council, when deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), a moderate who still endorsed segregation, was finishing his second term as the [[mayor]]. One of the winners in that council election was the future Lieutenant Governor [[Jimmy Fitzmorris|James E. "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr.]]
In 1954, Courtney was named chairman of the New Orleans branch of the group called Ten Million Americans Mobilizing For Justice, a defender of [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Joseph McCarthy]] of [[Wisconsin]], who was [[Censure|cemsured]] by his fellow senators for his investigations into communist subversion of the U.S. government. That same year, Courtney lost a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] race for the New Orleans City Council, when deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr. (1912-1964), a moderate who still endorsed segregation, was finishing his second term as the [[mayor]]. One of the winners in that council election was the future Lieutenant Governor [[Jimmy Fitzmorris|James E. "Jimmy" Fitzmorris, Jr.]]
[[File:Phoebe Courtney.jpg|200px|Phoebe Greene Courtney]]
[[File:Phoebe Courtney.jpg|200px|right|Phoebe Greene Courtney]]
In January 1955, Mrs. Courtney, the former Phoebe Carolyn Greene (March 13, 1918 – September 14, 1998), launched ''Free Men Speak,'' a bi-monthly newspaper, which was renamed the ''Independent American.'' Courtney traveled a great deal during this period to address like-minded groups around the country while his wife was the managing editor of the newspaper until it was disbanded in 1991..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweetliberty.org/beware_metro.html|title=''Beware Metro, Regional Government"|publisher=''Sweet Liberty''|date=August 1973|accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref>
In January 1955, Mrs. Courtney, the former Phoebe Carolyn Greene (March 13, 1918 – September 14, 1998), launched ''Free Men Speak,'' a bi-monthly newspaper, which was renamed the ''Independent American.'' Courtney traveled a great deal during this period to address like-minded groups around the country while his wife was the managing editor of the newspaper until it was disbanded in 1991..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sweetliberty.org/beware_metro.html|title=''Beware Metro, Regional Government"|publisher=''Sweet Liberty''|date=August 1973|accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref>