College Marching Band criticised for participating at Trump’s inauguration receives over $570k donation from Trump supporters
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Last
week, Alabama college, Talladega College’s band, The Great
Tornado, announced on Twitter that they would participate in
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration and needed $75,000 to go
to DC to perform. Twitter went haywire with the announcement. A lot of people
called them coons, threatened them with death and cursed them for wanting to
perform for Donald Trump. The Coach of the band and his family were threatened
with death and all kinds of evil things ,but that didn’t deter the coach and
the band members. The historically black college, which was started by two
former slaves in 1865, is officially headed to the nation’s capital, thanks to
funds raised through a GoFundMe page by mainly Trump supporters. As news broke
that Talladega would participate in the Trump inauguration, a stiff debate
ensued – from alumni of other historically black colleges and universities
(HBCUs), band directors and even at Talladega College – expressing strong
disappointment about Talladega’s participation, and seeming support for Trump,
whose history with African-Americans and minorities hasn’t been very good.