7/20/2008 How Do I Listen? Archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format. Click here to download   Problems Listening? Try this Direct Listen Link if the "Listen to Show" button to the right does not work   Hosted by: Dick Gordon Show Originally Aired: 7/12/2004 CALL 1 800-423-TALK Civil Rights and a Journalistic Wrong Civil rights movement marchers at 1963 March on Washington (AP) Email to friend Back in the 60's, civil rights activist charge that newspaper executives, who were almost always white, ignored and marginalized the movement. Forty years later, one Southern newspaper decided it was about time to acknowledge the omission. In bold type, on the front page, Kentucky's Lexington Herald Leader noted with regret its failure to cover the civil rights movement. Related Shows The Cat from Hue The Connection (01/23/2002) John Updike The Connection (03/25/2004) California's Day of Decision The Connection (10/07/2003) My Novel is Better Than Your Novel The Connection (06/13/2002) NPR's National Story Project The Connection (10/02/2001) Ted Connover: Inside the American Penal System The Connection (05/16/2000) Related Links Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Heritage Center Lexington Herald-Leader's "Clarification" Lexington History Museum Linda Blackford, reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader Gerald Smith, professor of history at the University of Kentucky Calvert McCann, amateur photographer James Klotter, state historian of Kentucky.

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