In Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy, Boone saw a media landscape that he thought failed Black readers. “You see, newspapers to a large degree ignored the principles of journalism of being fair,” he said in a 2003 interview.
In an unusual trial, the N.A.A.C.P. has sought to show a school board’s “racist intent” by proving that the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson can’t be separated from white supremacy ... .