Civil rights movement has lost its way

Politico:
President Donald Trump delivered restrained, formal remarks at the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum on Saturday, calling civil rights leaders true American heroes and honoring by name slain activist Medgar Evers.

During his roughly 10-minute speech following a museum tour, Trump spoke specifically of Evers' bravery, his love for his family, and his civil rights work for the NAACP in Mississippi. Edgers was murdered in 1963 in the driveway of his home by a white supremacist and later buried in Arlington National Cemetery, with full military honors, Trump noted.

“Today, we strive to be worthy of their sacrifice. We pray for inspiration from their example. We want our country to be a place where every child from every background can grow up free from fear,” the president said.

He also called Martin Luther King, Jr. a “man who I studied and watched and admired for my entire life” and paid tribute to the nine students who protested segregation at the Jackson Public Library.

Trump went on to thank the governor of Mississippi and others who pushed to build the museum. “It is an incredible tribute to the state, a state where I’ve had great success,” Trump said as he finished his remarks.

The president’s visit to the museum opening was not without controversy.

Several civil rights leaders, including Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), boycotted the event after the Mississippi governor extended a last-minute invitation to the president. The NAACP urged Trump not to attend the event. Trump did not mention Lewis in his remarks.
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Lewis has become a bitter old man who lacks grace.  He and others of the movement will not accept Trump as President because he rejects the political correctness of the time.  Unlike the original civil rights leaders, some in the current movement constitutre a hate group.  There is no evidence that Trump is a racist and or that he hates black people.  But it is pretty clear that some civil rights "leaders" hate him.  They should be ashamed.

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