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Hello given and welcome this saturday. Im fredricka whitfield. At any moment now, we hope to hear the remarks coming from the president of the United States as he is now in the midst of a private tour at the nations newest Civil Rights Museum in jackson, mississippi. More than 100 protesters we understand are outside while inside the president gets his personal tour there. Tensions have been high for the president s visit as many top civil rights leaders and prominent africanamericans have chosen to stay away. Among them congressman and civil rights icon john lewis, who has called trumps visit...

Dedication of a Civil Rights Museum. There several leaders behind the Civil Rights Movement are now boycotting the event because of the president s appearance. Do we have a preview wlaf to expect from the president in these statements . I know theyre to a private group correct . Thats right. First to the protesters that you mentioned, alex, and the fact that a number of civil rights and Community Leaders are boycotting. Ill talk in a muted voice because as can you hear behind me, this program is about to get underway. This is a somewhat tense backdrop to the president s visit. He was greeted b...

And through so much of the Civil Rights Movement and highlighted in that museum in the 50s and 60s was cloaked their movement and promises of the constitution, heard that from Martin Luther king during the i have a dream speech and the declaration, promissory note, and civil rights leader struck a different tone, they are focusing on the history from there. Across the board folks want to focus on those honoring it today. We see that on the parade route outside, civil rights leaders, and folks from the civil rights era, showing up because they want to honor those who sacrifice their lives. A lo...

Tribute to our nation at the highest level. this is the great thing you have done and i want to congratulate you and god bless you and god bless america, thank you very much, thank you all very much. thank you. ♪ >> donald trump wrapping up remarks at the mississippi civil rights museum, mississippi history museum telling the story of medgar evers and paying honor to his widow and his brother who are in the crowd, the president taking a tour of the museum and as you point out not only the civil rights museum but mississippi history museum and mississippi dealing with problematic parts of the...

Finally martyrs like edgar evers -- medgar evers, whose brother i just met at the plane and who i likes a lot. stand up please, you were so nice, i appreciate it, you were so nice, thank you very much. he joined the us army in 1943 when he was 17 years old, he fought in normandy in the second world war and when he came back home to mississippi he kept fighting for the same rights and freedoms that he had defended. mister evers became a civil rights leader in his community. he helped fellow african-americans registered to vote, organize boycotts and investigated grave injustices against very in...