The “tap tap tap” of an old typewriter filled the GRW Theater as the documentary “Newspaper of Record: The Pittsburgh Courier 1907-1965” began a little after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 25. The special screening brought students and community members to the University Center to learn Pittsburgh history.            The event, sponsored by Point Park University’s School of Communication Graduate Studies, the library and The Globe, featured a special screening of the documentary as well as a panel discussion with five individuals connected to The Courier, including documentary producer and director Kenneth Love. Director of Graduate Studies and School of Communication Professor Dr. Steven Hallock led the discussion.            The evening with “The Newspaper of Record” began with opening remarks by School of Communication Dean Tim Hudson. Hudson introduced The Courier and panel speakers, as well as giving a special thanks to Love for the documentary.            “Newspaper of Record” detailed the history of the largest black newspaper in history, “The Pittsburgh Courier.” Founded in 1907, The Courier started out as a small newspaper with a small number of employees and readers.            Interviews with past editors, paper boys, writers and employees joined to create a narrative about The Courier’s integration of both black and white writers and its initiation of the fight for civil rights. According to the documentary, other newspapers followed The Courier in its fight for equality.            In its battle for African American justice, the Courier held a spotlight on Southern acts of violence in discrimination, especially lynching. The Courier’s articles about lynching boosted circulation, and soon it was printing 14 editions across the United States.            The Courier was a voice for African Americans when their voices were not easily heard. It became the leading black paper in America with its news, sports and comics.            During World War II, The Courier launched the “Double V Campaign,” which promoted both a victory overseas and a victory over racism. At the end of World War II, the newspaper was the biggest black newspaper in history.            As daily newspapers started integrating African American pages, The Courier was no longer needed and was it shut down in 1965.            Many who attended the screening were visitors and community members, including director Kenneth Love’s mother, 84-year-old Pittsburgh native Charlotte Love.            “Pittsburgh back then was a wonderful place to be,” Love said. “It was really something to see this film because it took me back to the old days here when we lived in communities and learned to sew and dance.”            Others in attendance were students who wanted to learn about local history.            “I think I’d heard about it before this and when I saw the flier I thought ‘Well, if I’m going to go to anything here I’d go to something like this,'” said sophomore broadcasting major Ken Musgrave.            “It deals with diversity, which I care about, and I learned a lot. I had no idea [The Courier] was such a pioneer. It raised awareness about inequalities,” Musgrave said.            The panel discussion was made up of the film’s director Kenneth Love, editor of the New Pittsburgh Courier Rod Doss, professor and African American researcher Dr. Laurence Glasco, professor and journalist Dr. Patrick Washburn and Patrica Prattis Jennings, whose father was a long-serving editor at The Courier and who worked at The Courier as a teenager.            The panel discussed what it enjoyed most about The Courier and what made the newspaper great, including its voice for blacks and black culture and its drive to empower African Americans. The panelists seemed to unanimously agree that The Pittsburgh Courier had charisma and was open to anyone who walked through its doors.            An audience question and answer session followed the discussion before the audience gathered for a reception outside the theater. Visitors could socialize with panel members and organizers of the event, including Point Park graduate student and event coordinator Pamela Walck.            “[This event] was fun and a little challenging,” Walck said. “I was impressed with journalism capturing stories about Americans during this time, and this story was one that was worth being told. I think tonight was a definite success. [I]t turned out well. ”            “Newspaper of Record”” has won numerous awards, including a CINE Golden Eagle award for a feature length documentary in 2009 and the 2010 Best In Show Award in Communications at the Pittsburgh Golden Triangle Awards. Recently, the documentary was  given a Gold Award in the 2011 Accolades Awards, sponsored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.