Editing Hodding Carter (section)

===Early life and education===
Carter was born in [[Hammond, Louisiana|Hammond]], Louisiana, the largest community in [[Tangipahoa Parish]], in southeastern [[Louisiana]]. His parents were farmer [[William Hodding Carter, Sr.]] and Irma, née Dutartre.<ref>Something About The Author, vol. 2, Gale Research, 1972, p. </ref> He was valedictorian of the [[Hammond High School (Louisiana)|Hammond High School]] class of 1923. Carter attended [[Bowdoin College]] in [[Brunswick, Maine]] (1927), and the Graduate School of Journalism, [[Columbia University]] (1928).

He returned to Louisiana upon graduating. According to [[Ann Waldron]], the young Carter was an outspoken [[white supremacy|white supremacist]], yet he began to alter his thinking when he returned to the [[United States Southern States|South]] to live.<ref>[http://www.annwaldron.com/work7.htm Waldron, Ann.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060508230523/http://www.annwaldron.com/work7.htm |date=May 8, 2006 }} ''Hodding Carter: The Reconstruction of a Racist'', Algonquin Books, 1993.</ref>