Freedom, Inc. Corrects Kansas City Star

Letters to the editor rarely provide much excitement . . .

However . . . 

A note from Rodney S. Bland, President, Freedom, Incorporated, Kansas City provides a worthwhile fact check to the so-called paper-of-record . . .

What's even better is that this note confirms our reporting earlier this week.

Here's the most informative passage . . .

"In recent election cycles, Freedom-backed candidates won every race in the Democratic primary for the Jackson County Legislature. This month, Freedom-endorsed candidates won every race in Jackson County, including the county executive race."

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Freedom, Inc. is still a vital voice for Black Kansas City. The Star got it wrong

OPINION AND COMMENTARY Less than two years ago, The Star received national acclaim for its front-page apology for having "disenfranchised, ignored and scorned" generations of Black Kansas Citians. Having received past erasure and scorn on the pages of The Star, we at Kansas City's 60-year-old unabashedly Black political club, Freedom, Incorporated, applauded the mea culpa.