So yesterday the Kansas City Star shared a monumental piece, the first of many they hope. This is how it began:
Today we are telling the story of a powerful local business that has done wrong.
For 140 years, it has been one of the most influential forces in shaping Kansas City and the region. And yet for much of its early history — through sins of both commission and omission — it disenfranchised, ignored and scorned generations of Black Kansas Citians. It reinforced Jim Crow laws and redlining. Decade after early decade it robbed an entire community of opportunity, dignity, justice and recognition.
That business is The Kansas City Star.
You can read the rest of the article here.
The Truth in Black and White: An Apology from the Kansas City Star
