- Collection:
- Oral History
- Title:
- Oral history with Betty W. Carter
- Creator:
- Carter, Betty Werlein
Caudill, Orley B - Publisher:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage.
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- Mississippi
Louisiana
New Orleans (La.)
World War II
Education
Newspapers
News
Journalism
Family Life
Family History
Corruption - People:
- Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935
Carter, Betty Werlein--Interviews - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Oral history.; Interview conducted on August 17, 1977 with Mrs. Betty Carter at her home in Greenville, Mississippi. Carter was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She attended Newcomb College where she met her husband, Hodding Carter. Together they established two newspapers and purchased the third. In their first newspaper, The Courier, established in Hammond, Louisiana, the Carters were known for opposing Huey P. Long. Opposing Long led to the downfall of the Carters' first newspaper and their move out of Louisiana. Betty Carter served as the first advertising manager of their second newspaper, The Delta Star. The Carters eventually bought out the other local paper in Greenville, Mississippi to create the Delta Democrat Times. During the civil rights movement in the South, their paper became a voice of moderation in the South. This policy forced Carter and her husband to live under threats and in a state of tension for years.
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- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_68e73c68-6ba8-4a80-a347-e4319c3973f4
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- F341.5 .M57 vol. 150
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage
- Rights:
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