Kansas City Star Editor Apologizes For Coverage Of Black Community Throughout Newspaper’s 140-Year History

The editor of the Kansas City Star has offered “a long overdue apology” on behalf of the newspaper for its coverage of the black community throughout its 140-year history.

In a letter to readers published in Sunday’s edition, Star President and Editor Mike Fannin announced a series of articles examining “the historic role we have played, through both action and inaction, in shaping and misshaping Kansas City’s landscape.”