| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2009938308 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780761849551 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0761849556 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780761849568 (ebook) |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
070 WH BU |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Whitt, Jan. |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Burning crosses and activist journalism : |
| Subtitle |
Hazel Brannon Smith and the Mississippi civil rights movement / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Jan Whitt. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
Lanham, Md. : |
| Publisher |
University Press of America, |
| Date |
c2010. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xvii, 152 p. ; |
| Size |
23 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
Introduction: The American South in literature and popular culture -- The unlikely heroism of Hazel Brannon Smith -- Hazel Brannon Smith and editor Ira B. Harkey, Jr. -- White hat groups and Mississippi newspapers -- White civil rights editors and Hazel Brannon Smith -- Racial issues in Southern literature and journalism -- The legacy of civil rights journalism. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
This book celebrates the contributions of the first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing. Owner and publisher of four weekly newspapers in Mississippi, Smith began her journalism career as a states rights Dixiecrat and segregationist, but became an icon for progressive thought on racial and ethnic issues. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Civil rights movements |
| Form |
Mississippi |
| General |
History |
| Chronological |
20th century. |
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| Topical Heading |
Journalism |
| Form |
Mississippi |
| General |
History |
| Chronological |
20th century. |
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| Topical Heading |
Newspaper editors |
| Form |
Mississippi |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
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| Topical Heading |
Women journalists |
| Form |
Mississippi |
| Geographic |
Biography. |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/wua39222hn4dlnwq4gmkwimjlfpu6j0g |
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