| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Delta Democrat Pub. Co. |
| Founder(s) | Hodding Carter |
| Founded | 1938; 87 years ago (1938) |
| Language | English |
| City | Greenville, Mississippi |
| Country | United States |
| ISSN | 2831-6428 (print) 2831-6436 (web) |
| OCLC number | 4582164 |
| Website | ddtonline |
TheDelta Democrat Times (sometimes spelledDelta Democrat-Times) is a daily[1] newspaper that has been published inGreenville, Mississippi, United States since 1938, whenHodding Carter merged hisDelta Star, which he started with his wifeBetty Werlein in 1936, with theDemocrat Times, which had been in publication since 1868,[2][3] calling it theGreenville Delta Democrat-Times. The paper was home to Carter's editorial columns, which won aPulitzer Prize in 1946.[4][5] His sonHodding Carter, III, took control of the paper upon his death. The first black editor of the paper, Donald V. Adderton, took over in 2000 and served until 2004.[6]
Though aDemocratic newspaper, theDelta Democrat Times in 1963 endorsed theRepublicangubernatorialnominee,Rubel Phillips, who lost to the DemocratPaul B. Johnson, Jr. Carter, Jr. wrote that "Democrats see clearly that the Republican Party, once it gains power in Mississippi, will offer the kind of effective outlet for the feelings of most Mississippians that the isolated state Democrats (who renounce any connection with the national party) can never hope to produce. All that the state Democratic Party can offer is another four years of frustrated political impotence in national affairs and a never-never land existence within the state's borders."[7]
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