Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba Declines to Share Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Stage With White Supremacist in Chief

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Jackson, Miss.’s revolutionary mayor, will not be sharing the stage with President Donald Trump at the grand opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum this Saturday, the Clarion Ledger reports.

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba Declines to Share Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Stage With White Supremacist in Chief

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