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The Hattiesburg American was founded in 1897 as a weekly newspaper, the Hattiesburg Progress. [2] In 1907, the Hattiesburg Progress was acquired by The Hattiesburg Daily News. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, the newspaper was renamed the Hattiesburg American.
Florence News: Florence: 2018 Monthly Clay Mansell [5] Greenwood Commonwealth: Greenwood: Daily Hattiesburg American: Hattiesburg: Daily Gannett Company [2] Jackson Advocate: Jackson: Weekly Jackson Free Press: Jackson: Changed to magazine 2018 Laurel Leader-Call: Laurel: Daily Lawrence County Press: Monticello: Weekly Leland Progress: Leland ...
This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Mississippi. It includes both current and historical newspapers. The first such newspaper in Mississippi was the Colored Citizen in 1867. [1] More than 70 African American newspapers were founded across Mississippi between 1867 and 1899, in at least 37 different towns. [2]
Lici Beveridge, Hattiesburg American December 19, 2023 at 12:23 PM Peggy Sealy spent her entire career in law enforcement at Hattiesburg Police Department, devoting 36 years to a city and its people.
The purchase of both papers by Gannett essentially created a daily newspaper monopoly in Central Mississippi (Gannett also owns the Hattiesburg American in Hattiesburg, Mississippi), which still operates. Starting Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, the newspaper switched from carrier to mail delivery through the U.S. Postal Service. [4]
Hattiesburg is home to the African American Military History Museum. The building opened as a USO club in 1942 to serve African Americans serving at Camp Shelby, as local facilities were racially segregated. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This building is the only remaining USO club site in the United States.
The reason given is: Gannett sold some newspapers -- specifically Miami OK, wiki page for Miami News-Record show Gannett sold it in 2021. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
John Hartfield was a black man who was lynched in Ellisville, Mississippi in 1919 for allegedly having a white girlfriend.The murder was announced a day in advance in major newspapers, a crowd of as many as 10,000 watched while Hartfield was hanged, shot, and burned.