Pulaski Citizen
TypeWeekly newspaper
Founded1854
Websitewww.pulaskicitizen.com%20pulaskicitizen.com

The Pulaski Citizen is a local newspaper serving Pulaski, Tennessee. It is currently available in both print and online editions. Between online and print editions, total circulation for the newspaper is listed at 3,500.

History

The Pulaski Citizen was founded in 1854 as a four page weekly.[1] It has been in continuous publication since 1866.[2]

In the years after the Civil War, the paper's editor was L.W. McCord, whose brother Frank McCord was a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan.[3] During this period L.W. McCord feigned ignorance of what the Ku Klux Klan was, while simultaneously printing messages from them in the paper that he claimed to be mysteriously delivered.[4] Subsequently, Laps D. McCord became the owner, passing it on to others in the McCord family after his death.

In 1892 the Citizen was purchased by a Nashville businessman, leaving the McCord family.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Rowell, George Presbury (1887). Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory. Printers' Ink Publishing Company.
  2. ^ "The Pulaski citizen". ISSN 2328-1065. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Parsons, Elaine Frantz (December 1, 2005). "Midnight Rangers: Costume and Performance in the Reconstruction-Era Ku Klux Klan". Journal of American History. 92 (3): 811–836. doi:10.2307/3659969. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 3659969.
  4. ^ "The Pulaski Citizen". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. ISSN 2328-1065. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "The Pulaski citizen". ISSN 2328-1065. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Pulaski citizen". The Library of Congress. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

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