The Female Crusading Scalawag
by
Jeffery B. Howell
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
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...