Burning crosses and activist journalism hazel brannon smith and the mississippi civil rights movement ebook whitt jan amazonca kindle store. Burning crosses and activist journalism hazel brannon smith and the mississippi civil rights movement celebrates the contributions of the first woman to win a pulitzer prize for editorial writing 1964 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 . Get this from a library burning crosses and activist journalism hazel brannon smith and the mississippi civil rights movement jan whitt 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 . Hazel freeman smith nee brannon february 4 1914 may 15 1994 was a white american journalist and publisher the owner and editor of four weekly newspapers in rural mississippi mostly in holmes countyher newspapers included the lexington advertiser the second oldest newspaper in the stateshe distinguished herself both in reporting and editorial writing advocating for justice for . Burning crosses and activist journalism hazel brannon smith and the mississippi civil rights movement bibliographic details main author whitt jan format book language english published lanham university press of america c2010 subjects smith hazel brannon civil rights movements mississippi history 20th century journalism mississippi history 20th century