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Percy Dale East
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| Intro | American journalist | ||
| Was | Journalist | ||
| From | United States of America | ||
| Field | Journalism | ||
| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 21 November 1921, Columbia, USA | ||
| Death | 31 December 1971 (aged 50 years) | ||
| Star sign | Scorpio | ||
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Biography
Percy Dale East (1921–1971) was an American journalist who founded and edited Petal, Mississippi's weekly newspaper, The Petal Paper. He is known for his use of satire to criticize white supremacy in Jim Crow-era Mississippi.
Published works
- East, P. D. (1960). The Magnolia Jungle: The Life, Times, and Education of a Southern Editor. New York: Simon and Schuster. OCLC 686720.
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