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NAACP Calls on Trump to Skip Civil Rights Museum Opening, Calling His Presence an “Affront”

HeadlineDec 07, 2017

The NAACP is calling on President Trump to skip the opening of a new Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, Mississippi. NAACP President Derrick Johnson said, “President Trump’s statements and policies regarding the protection and enforcement of civil rights have been abysmal, and his attendance is an affront to the veterans of the civil rights movement.”

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