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Hazel Brannon Smith
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Hazel Brannon Smith
Hazel Brannon Smith (1914-1994) stood out as a prominent white newspaper owner in Mississippi before, during, and after the civil rights movement. As early as the mid-1940s, she earned state and national headlines by fighting bootleggers and corrupt politicians. Her career was marked by a progressive ethic, and she wrote almost fifty years of columns with the goal of promoting the health of her community. In the first half of her career, she strongly supported Jim Crow segregation. Yet, in the 1950s, she refused to back the economic intimidation and covert violence of groups such as the Citizens" Council. The subsequent backlash led her to being deemed a social pariah, and the economic press...
The country
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The Mississippi Encyclopedia
Recipient of the 2018 Special Achievement Award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters and Recipient of a 2018 Heritage Award for Education from the Mississippi Heritage Trust The perfect book for every Mississippian who cares about the state, this is a mammoth collaboration in which thirty subject editors suggested topics, over seven hundred scholars wrote entries, and countless individuals made suggestions. The volume will appeal to anyone who wants to know more about Mississippi and the people who call it home. The book will be especially helpful to students, teachers, and scholars researching, writing about, or otherwise discovering the state, past and present. The volume con...
Jeff's God
Mr. Howellas novel is of the Civil War eraathe Battle of Shiloh, Oxford, Mississippi, The University of Mississippi, and the small river town of Wyatt, located on the Tallahatchie River about twelve miles north of Oxford. It is an exciting story, a touching romance, and rich with action, suspense, and a very surprising ending!
The Fruitful Shepherd
John Murray was (ca. 1708-1757) and married Margaret Laidlaw. She was baptized at Innerleithen, Scotland in 1708, daughter of William Laidlaw. They moved to Tweedsmuir, Scotland in the early 1740's. One descendant, James Murray (ca. 1791-1874) married Margaret Anderson (ca. 1792-1888) in 1816. They immigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1834 and settled in Huron County. His oldest son, Peter, stayed in Scotland. Descendants lived in Scotland, England, Ontario, California, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Manitoba, and elsewhere.
Polk City Directory
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