Goodloe Sutton

Goodloe Sutton
Born
Howard Goodloe Sutton

(1939-01-31)January 31, 1939
Alabama, U.S.
DiedSeptember 22, 2023(2023-09-22) (aged 84)
Marengo County, Alabama, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern Mississippi
OccupationNewspaper editor
Years active1964–2019
Known forEditor, publisher and owner of The Democrat-Reporter
Spouses
Jean Rodgers
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(m. 1964; died 2003)​
Children2
Parents
  • Robert E. Sutton (father)
  • Lorie Chrietzburg Sutton (mother)

Howard Goodloe Sutton (January 31, 1939 – September 22, 2023) was an American newspaper editor, publisher, and owner. From 1964 to 2019, he published The Democrat-Reporter, a small weekly newspaper in Linden, Alabama.[1] Sutton was widely celebrated in 1998 for publishing over four years a series of articles that exposed corruption in the Marengo County Sheriff's Office; he received awards and commendations and was suggested as a candidate for the Pulitzer Prize. In 2019, Sutton once again became the focus of national attention when he wrote and published an editorial suggesting the Ku Klux Klan be revived to carry out lynchings to "clean out" Washington, D.C.[2] He already had a local reputation for other, similarly inflammatory racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim, and homophobic editorials.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Apr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Brown, Melissa. "'I don't care what they say': Alabama editor who called for KKK to 'ride again,' lynch won't back down". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
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  4. ^ Whitmire, Kyle (February 19, 2019). "What have you done, Goodloe Sutton?". AL.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved February 20, 2019.