The Sunny South
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The Sunny South was a weekly literary magazine published in Atlanta from 1874 to 1907.
Colonel John H. Seals began publishing the Sunny South on November 7, 1874. The paper featured prominent poetry and fiction, and covered news stories throughout Georgia. Clark Howell, C.C. Nicholls, and James K. Holliday purchased the paper in April 1892. The following year, the paper was published as supplement to the Sunday editions of the Atlanta Constitution. In 1895, the Sunny South became the first newspaper in Atlanta to endorse the cause of suffrage for women. Author Joel Chandler Harris
absorbed the Sunny South into his new publication, the Uncle Remus Magazine, in May of 1907.
Colonel John H. Seals began publishing the Sunny South on November 7, 1874. The paper featured prominent poetry and fiction, and covered news stories throughout Georgia. Clark Howell, C.C. Nicholls, and James K. Holliday purchased the paper in April 1892. The following year, the paper was published as supplement to the Sunday editions of the Atlanta Constitution. In 1895, the Sunny South became the first newspaper in Atlanta to endorse the cause of suffrage for women. Author Joel Chandler Harris
Joel Chandler Harris
Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years...
absorbed the Sunny South into his new publication, the Uncle Remus Magazine, in May of 1907.
External links
- Atlanta Historic Newspapers Archive, Digital Library of Georgia