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Child Labor in Yazoo City, 1911, photo by Lewis Hine. The community now known as Yazoo City was founded in 1824 with the name Hannan's Bluff. It was later renamed Manchester, then changed to Yazoo City in 1841. Yazoo City became the county seat in 1849. A yellow fever epidemic struck Yazoo City in 1853.
The mayor of Yazoo City, Mississippi is elected every four years by the population at large. Being the chief executive officer of the city, the mayor is responsible for administering and leading the day-to-day operations of city government. The current mayor of the city is David "Mel" Starling, who was elected in 2022. [1]
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. She distinguished herself both in reporting ...
28-24940. GNIS feature ID. 0670043. Website. www .florams .com. Flora is a town in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census, [ 2] down from 1,886 in 2010. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area . The town is named after Flora Mann Jones, an early resident.
Holmes County, Mississippi. / 33.12°N 90.09°W / 33.12; -90.09. Holmes County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Yazoo River and the eastern border by the Big Black River. The western part of the county is within the Yazoo- Mississippi Delta. As of the 2020 census, the population was ...
As the first images out of Ferguson, Missouri surfaced 10 years ago — the bloodied body of a man left for hours in the street beneath white sheets, protesters smashing car windows and looting ...
He was also a publisher of the Yazoo Herald, a newspaper in Yazoo City, Mississippi and the Belzoni Item. The Yazoo Herald remained in the Mott family from 1914 until 1978. He served as president of the Farmers' Union in Mississippi and belonged to the fraternal organization Woodmen of the World. References
The following are weekly or semi-weekly newspapers published in Alabama: The Alabama Baptist - Birmingham. Birmingham Business Journal - Birmingham. Daleville Sun-Courier - Daleville. The Dekalb Advertiser - Fort Payne. Lagniappe - Mobile. The North Jefferson News - Gardendale. The Southeast Sun - Enterprise.