NC Civil Rights Museum Receives Threats After Denying Trump A Tour

In this Jan. 7, 2010 photo, a historical marker is shown in front of the former F.W. Woolworth store at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C. Four college freshmen walked into a Greensb... In this Jan. 7, 2010 photo, a historical marker is shown in front of the former F.W. Woolworth store at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C. Four college freshmen walked into a Greensboro, N.C., dime store on Monday, Jan. 1 1960, bought a few items, then sat down at the "whites only" lunch counter, and sparked a wave of civil rights protest that changed America. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) MORE LESS
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After the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina denied the Donald Trump campaign’s request told hold a lengthy private tour for the candidate, the museum has received several threats, the News and Observer reported.

“The callers were threatening to come over and burn down the building and to shoot up the building,” John Swaine, the museum’s CEO, told the News and Observer. “They’ve lessened in frequency this week, but they’re still coming in.”

He said that the museum has received the threatening messages on social media and phone calls with racial slurs since the news broke in late September that the museum had denied Trump’s request for a private visit.

Swaine said that he denied the Trump campaign’s request for a tour on Sept. 20 because the campaign asked for the museum to be closed for five hours and for Trump to be videotaped walking through the exhibits.

“We made it known to Mr. Trump’s campaign that we were not going to grant a request of suspending our operations so he could somehow try to legitimize his ideological positions,” he told the News and Observer. “The landmark is very important – it’s not just a political backdrop.”

He said that the museum, which is located in the former F.W. Woolworth building, where the historic sit-in protest took place in the 1960s, does allow high-profile officials to take private tours of the museum. But he said that museum employees who spoke to the Trump campaign said that they did not request a tour, and he said it seemed like the Trump campaign was looking for a photo-op, according to the News and Observer.

Trump’s campaign spokesman in North Carolina, Kirk Bell, told the News and Observer that the campaign “is not commenting on this matter.”

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  1. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    So Trump’s white nationalist/racist supporters are upset he couldn’t get a private tour in a museum advocating for civil rights and that resides in the building where the historic sit-in took place? Oh, the irony.

    Let’s see if Trump is still interested in the tour on November 9. Something tells me it’s a resounding no.

  2. I think this proves beyond the shadow of a doubt that Herr Coir Coif’s supporters are NOT deplorable. They’re just activists.

    
    > Trump's campaign spokesman in North Carolina, Kirk Bell, told the News and Observer that the campaign "is not commenting on this matter."
    
    I suppose they would condemn the threats but that would run counter to the scampaign's "strategy."
  3. Drumpf and Civil Rights are mutually exclusive. What’s the problem?

  4. The museum is sold out for the next two months. The Trump Campaign expected them to bump people who already had tickets,and plans so they could use it for a photo-op. I would have said no, more like no way,go f**k yourself.

  5. Avatar for mrf mrf says:

    Tell me again who the basket of deplorables are.

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