Historical Reaction
On July 16, 2009, the Richmond Times-Dispatch apologized in an editorial for its role and the role of its parent company and sister newspaper in championing massive resistance to human rights, acknowledging that "the Times-Dispatch was complicit" in an "unworthy cause."
"The record fills us with regret, which we have expressed before. Massive Resistance inflicted pain then. Memories remain painful. Editorial enthusiasm for a dreadful doctrine still affects attitudes toward the newspaper."
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