{"id":43285,"date":"2017-12-05T10:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=43285"},"modified":"2017-12-05T10:19:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T16:19:00","slug":"civil-rights-museum-opening-may-include-a-visit-from-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/civil-rights-museum-opening-may-include-a-visit-from-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Rights Museum Opening May Include a Visit from Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The <strong>Mississippi Civil Rights Museum<\/strong> is set to open Saturday, December 9, in the state&#8217;s capitol. Several outlets are reporting that <strong>President Trump<\/strong> will make an appearance at the grand opening. The possible visit is at <strong>Governor Phil Bryant<\/strong>&#8216;s personal request.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSeveral months ago, I invited President Trump to our Bicentennial Celebration. We have not received confirmation from the White House that he will be able to attend Saturday\u2019s event, but would very much like to have him here,\u201d said Bryant&#8217;s spokesperson, Clay Chandler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The grand opening is tied to the state&#8217;s bicentennial, the celebration of which was partially hosted in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/celebrate-the-state-mississippi-bicentennial-events-announced\/\">Oxford earlier this year<\/a>\u00a0and featured events <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/chancellors-house-joins-in-on-mississippi-bicentennial-celebrations\/\">throughout town<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Representative Bennie Thompson<\/strong> of District 2 released a statement regarding news of Trumps invitation. He hoped the president&#8217;s visit to the region would help contextualize the impacts of specific budget cuts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;His unfair budget cuts in agriculture, education, healthcare and housing disproportionately impacts people of color and is viewed by many as an act reminiscent of Jim Crow policies of the south,&#8221; said Thompson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The full statement can be read below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bennie-thompson-statement.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"253\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43286\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/bennie-thompson-statement.jpg?resize=640%2C253\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14544 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TheLocalVoiceLigature-25web.jpg?resize=25%2C16\" alt=\"The Local Voice Ligature\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is set to open Saturday, December 9, in the state&#8217;s capitol. 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