Crossing Lines! Even Far-left SPLC opposes controversial anti-Trump Montgomery billboard
But for all the wrong reasons. They say it ‘Disrespects John Lewis’ legacy and contributions to the Civil Rights Movement’????
The Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) came out against the controversial billboard, which featured a scene from the infamous Selma Bloody Sunday with the slogan “Make America Great Again” pasted over the image.
The photo appeared on at least one billboard observed by 1819 News, but other reports state identical billboards are scattered throughout the county, all featuring the name of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) pasted at the bottom.
The boards feature a massive “Make America Great Again” over a famous picture of Alabama state troopers confronting the late civil rights leaders John Lewis and Hosea Williams during the March 7, 1965, Selma to Montgomery march. The march came weeks after a voting rights protest where a young black man was beaten to death by police. Over 600 people set off from Brown Chapel AME Church, eventually finding a wall of state troopers and sheriff’s deputies.
The MMFA board quickly called an emergency meeting, reportedly removing the billboards and hiring an interim director. However, the company also claimed the board did not…
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