Trump turns celebration of civil rights museum 'into a slap in the face,' activists say

JACKSON, Miss. - Four years after it broke ground and nearly two decades after civil rights veterans began pushing for its establishment, the country's first state-sponsored civil rights museum will open Saturday in Mississippi at a cost of more than $90 million.

But for all the work that went into it and a companion state history museum here in the state capital, a growing number of the civil rights pioneers and modern-day activists it's supposed to honor are boycotting its kickoff event.

Blame a planned visit from President Donald Trump.

"Trump has pompously shown a wanton disregard for the continuing struggles for civil, human and women's rights," and his presence