Trump will be in Williamsburg, Virginia today to commemorate the 400th anniversary of America's first representative legislative body. Kathy Spangler, the Executive Director of American Evolution, said "Representative government started here at Jamestown in 1619," when "people had voice to government for the first time."
The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus will boycott the event. “The commemoration of the birth of this nation and its democracy will be tarnished unduly with the participation of the President – who continues to make degrading comments toward minority leaders," said the group. “Trump has shown a blatant disregard for the role of government and the rule of law in our country.”
In neither of the above-quoted articles is there even a mention that 1619 was the first year that British America imported 20 African slaves — into Jamestown.