I. Willis Cole

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I. Willis Cole began publishing the Louisville Leader in 1917. The paper continued to be published until 1950. Courtesy of the Kentucky Human Rights Commission.

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By Tim Talbott

Historical Marker #1998 in Louisville notes the pioneering civil rights efforts of I. Willis Cole, noted publisher of "The Louisville Leader," an African American newspaper. The great abolitionist Frederick Douglass once said,…