''The Sunny South'' was a weekly
literary magazine published in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
from 1874 to 1907.
Colonel John H. Seals began publishing the ''Sunny South'' on November 7, 1913. 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
''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ...
''. In 1895, ''the Sunny South'' became the first publication in Atlanta to endorse the cause of suffrage for women.
[Stanton, et al., vol. 4, p. 582] author
Joel Chandler Harris
Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a planta ...
absorbed the ''Sunny South'' into his new publication, the ''Uncle Remus Magazine'', in May 1907.
Notes
References
* Moore, L. Hugh. ''The Georgia Review'', Volume XIX, Number 2, Summer 1965, p. 176.
* Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Ida Husted Harper. ''History of Woman Suffrage'', six volumes. New York: Fowler & Wells, 1881–1902.
External links
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1907 disestablishments in the United States
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Weekly magazines published in the United States
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