July 06, 2004

Kentucky Newspaper apologizes for ignoring Civil Rights fight - no coverage

July 06, 2004/ Tron Nick

The Sunday edition of the newspaper for Kentucky's second-largest city features a prominent clarification at the top of its front page, apologizing for its failures in covering the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The notice in the Lexington Herald-Leader accompanied a set of stories titled "Front-page news, back-page coverage" that included a spread of black-and-white pictures taken by an independent photographer. [more

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