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Hazel Freeman Smith (née Brannon; February 4, 1914 – May 15, 1994) was an American journalist and publisher, the owner and editor of four weekly newspapers in rural Mississippi, mostly in Holmes County. [1] . Her newspapers included the Lexington Advertiser, the second oldest newspaper in the state.
Mar 27, 2023 · Alabama born and educated, Hazel Brannon Smith (1914-1994) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1964, the first woman to receive the prize for editorial writing. Smith owned and edited four Mississippi weekly newspapers; during the 1950s and 1960s, she spoke out against violence and intimidation and in support of the law, freedom of speech, and improved ...
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By LEONARD PITTS. “She was a product of her times.”. You’ve heard that one, of course. It’s usually trotted out as an excuse for the shameful actions or attitudes of those who came before us, a way of saying we should not hold against them their racism, sexism, homophobia or anti-Semitism.
Described as a flamboyant, headstrong, and sassy amalgam of Auntie Mame, Bella Abzug, and Scarlett O’Hara, Hazel Brannon Smith served for four decades as the editor and publisher of Holmes County’s Durant News and Lexington Advertiser. In 1964 she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing, with the prize committee citing her “steadfast […]
White Southern newspaper owner and editor, one of the few journalists in her region to oppose racism during early desegregation efforts, who was the first woman editor to win a Pulitzer Prize. Name variations: Hazel Brannon. Born on February 4, 1914, in Gadsden, Alabama; died on May 14, 1994, in Cleveland, Tennessee; daughter of Doc Boad ...
Women's history. Promise and Peril, 1903–1927. Bridging Hardship, 1928-1945. Forging Ahead, 1946–Present. In May 1964 Hazel Brannon Smith, editor and publisher of the Lexington Advertiser, won a Pulitzer Prize for “steadfast adherence to her editorial duties in the face of great pressure and opposition” from the Holmes County Citizens ...
May 16, 1994 · Hazel Brannon Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor in Mississippi known for her stance against racism, died on Saturday at the Royal Care Nursing Home here, where she had lived for several...
