A billboard in Pearl, Miss., featuring an iconic image taken during the 1965 civil rights march in Selma, Ala., with the phrase "Make America Great Again" plastered across it caused some stir this week.
Many on Twitter have called the billboard racist or out of place, and many are unsure what to make of it. A local news station, WJTV, reported earlier that the billboard had been covered up.
So what was the true mission of the billboard, and who was behind it?
For Freedoms, a super PAC run by artists, created it and put it up before the presidential election.
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