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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:02 PM
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Mississippi Paper Offers Apology for Its 'Gross Neglect' During Civil Rights Struggle

By Greg Mitchell

Published: January 18, 2009 4:50 PM ET

NEW YORK In a remarkable statement one day before the birthday holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. -- and two days before the inauguration of Barack Obama -- the Meridian (Miss.) Star has, in an editorial, offered an apology for its past coverage of civil rights issues.

It closed: "There was a time when this newspaper – and many others across the south -- acted with gross neglect by largely ignoring the unfairness of segregated schools, buses, restaurants, washrooms, theaters and other public places.

"We did it through omission, by not recording for our readers many of the most important civil rights activities that happened in our midst, including protests and sit-ins. That was wrong. We should have loudly protested segregation and the efforts to block voter registration of black East Mississippians.

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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003931673
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:07 PM
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1. It is a new day...
It's weird in a way...

I am sure that this won't be the last of these admissions...
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Historic NY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 12:22 AM
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2. Wow what woke them up.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 01:56 AM
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6. I dunno?
:shrug:
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 12:27 AM
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3. Wonder what brought that on? HMMMMM
It's a new day!
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ChimpersMcSmirkers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 01:24 AM
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4. LOL. Things that make you go Hmmm? Better late then never.
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 01:26 AM
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5. We'll take it!
50 years later I guess is better than never.
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