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The Delta Democrat Times (sometimes spelled Delta Democrat-Times) is a daily [1] newspaper that has been published in Greenville, Mississippi, United States since 1938, when Hodding Carter merged his Delta Star, which he started with his wife Betty Werlein in 1936, with the Democrat Times, which had been in publication since 1868, [2] [3] calling it the Greenville Delta Democrat-Times.
He was raised in Greenville, Mississippi, where his father founded the Greenville Delta Democrat-Times, and was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Greenville High School, and Princeton University. [1] He was in the United States Marine Corps from 1957 to 1959, before joining the staff of his father's newspaper. [1]
The second floor was rented to the Greenville Temple Association, a Freemason lodge, from 1883 to 1914. [2] The first floor was rented to the Greenville Bank and Trust Company from 1906 to 1910. [2] From 1943 to 1968, the building was rented by the Delta Democrat Times. [2] Later, it was rented to the Mississippi Industries for the Blind. [2]
He also wrote editorials in the Greenville Delta Democrat-Times regarding social and economic intolerance in the Deep South that won him widespread acclaim and the moniker "Spokesman of the New South". Carter wrote a caustic article for Look magazine which detailed the menacing spread of a chapter of the White Citizens' Council.
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Shelby Dade Foote Jr. (November 17, 1916 – June 27, 2005) was an American writer, historian and journalist. [1] Although he primarily viewed himself as a novelist, he is now best known for his authorship of The Civil War: A Narrative, a three-volume history of the American Civil War.
Dickins, born Ruth Idella Thompson on June 9, 1906, was raised in Leland, Mississippi.Her father, Joseph Wood Thompson, was a pioneer planter and cotton merchant in Washington County who operated the Lewis, Archer, and Perrin Plantations and the Leland Mercantile Company, served as the treasurer of the Leland Business League and the Leland Law and Order League, served as president of the Board ...
The Greenville Commercial Historic District in Greenville, Mississippi is a 7.3-acre (3.0 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1997. [1] It includes 12 contributing buildings , covering the majority of the 200 block of Main Street, plus 300 Main Street, 200 Walnut Street, 206 Walnut Street ...