Talk:Turner Catledge

Catledge and the KKK
An earlier version of this article said that Catledge wrote a series of articles against the KKK at the Tupelo Journal, which led to the KKK burning the newspaper down. According to Catledge's 1971 autobiography, the anti-Klan articles ran in the Tunica Times; they were written by the publisher, Clayton Rand; Catledge left the newspaper after Rand sold it under pressure from the community, and the newspaper burned down after Rand and Catledge left (Catledge does not say if the Klan was responsible). Catledge's 1983 New York Times obituary claims that he wrote the anti-Klan articles. Catledge is clear in his book that he opposed the Klan, but he gave credit for the Times' campaign to Rand. Idols of Mud (talk) 15:25, 10 September 2021 (UTC)