Rural people often feel overlooked and judged by urban residents, and the news media have a long history of perpetuating rural stereotypes, Silas House writes in the Atlantic.
Gail McHenry was 19 years old when she served as the youngest delegate at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Ebony magazine carried a three-page story about her that fall.
Walker, a Danville native whose reputation stretches far beyond the commonwealth of Kentucky, examines how relationships between fathers and sons can pass sorrow and strength from one generation to another.