President Donald Trump hosted a reception at the White House on Feb. 20, celebrating Black History Month and the role African Americans have played in U.S. commerce and the Revolutionary War.
Trump invited a group of black political figures, activists, and celebrities, including golf legend Tiger Woods, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), ESPN host Sage Steele, former NFL player Jack Brewer, football legend and U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas nominee Herschel Walker, and Alveda King, a niece of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK).
Trump discussed the inclusion of statues honoring black historical figures at his planned National Garden of American Heroes and said this year he was paying “tribute to the generations of black legends, champions, warriors and patriots who helped drive our country forward to greatness.”…