Donald Trump supporters lose their minds over how their views align with historic moments of hate and can’t take it as city leaders in Alabama ban a billboard featuring the MAGA slogan on top of a photo of troopers targeting protesters on Bloody Sunday during the civil rights movement. John Iadarola and David Shuster break it down on The Damage Report.
“A controversial art billboard featuring the MAGA slogan overlaid across a photo of a historic assault on civil rights protesters was taken down by city leaders in Alabama, in a move that the artists called a “clear act of censorship,” media reports said. The billboard, erected in Montgomery, was designed by artist-led organization For Freedoms in collaboration with late photographer James “Spider” Martin, ARTnews reported. Martin is known for his photos of the civil rights movement, including Bloody Sunday in 1965.
“Part of what makes America great is the freedom to express ourselves; we see this censorship as antithetical to this core freedom and to our mission as an organization,” Eric Gottesman, co-founder of For Freedoms, told ARTnews.”
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