Article 5W9YJ An American Newspaper Just Admitted 185 Years of Racism

An American Newspaper Just Admitted 185 Years of Racism

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Keith Reed
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One of the country's oldest daily newspapers ran a lengthy editorial on Friday acknowledging and apologizing for its role in helping to maintain racism in a majority Black city.

The Baltimore Sun's editorial board wrote that Arunah S. Abell, the paper's founder, was a Southern sympathizer who supported slavery and...

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