Hodding Carter | |
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 Hodding Carter in 1962 | |
| Born | William Hodding Carter II February 3, 1907 Hammond, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 4, 1972 (aged 65) Greenville, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education | Bowdoin College Columbia University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist; writer |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse | Betty Werlein |
| Children | William Hodding III Philip Dutartre Carter Thomas Hennen Carter |
William Hodding Carter II (February 3, 1907 – April 4, 1972) was an American progressive journalist and author. Among other distinctions in his career, Carter was a Nieman Fellow and Pulitzer Prize winner. He died in Greenville, Mississippi, of a heart attack at the age of sixty-five. He is interred in the Greenville Cemetery.