President Trump made a brief visit to Mississippi’s capital on Saturday to attend the opening of a new civil rights museum as his presence sparked a boycott by lawmakers, civil rights icons and protesters who questioned his commitment to racial equality. Much less: civil rights!” and “Make America Civil Again” read some signs as about 200 protesters gathered outside the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in downtown Jackson. The building, which along with a companion state history museum opened at a cost $90 million, is the first state-owned civil rights museum in the nation. Trump turns celebration of Mississippi Civil Rights Museum ‘into a slap in the face,’ say activists »They included Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who was a major civil rights activist; Rep. Bennie Thompson; former Gov. for the Advancement of Colored People, whose national president cited Trump’s “abysmal” civil rights record in calling for him to skip the event.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 09, 2017 18:37 UTC