US Slavery Museum's Tax-Exempt Status Revoked

RICHMOND, Va. -- The U.S. Slavery Museum has lost its federal tax-exempt status.

The move means the Fredericksburg, Va., museum envisioned by former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder can't receive tax-deductible charitable contributions.

Nonprofit groups must file a return or notice annually to the IRS. The IRS revokes a nonprofit's tax-exempt status if it fails to file for three consecutive years. The museum last filed a federal return in 2007.

The IRS says organizations may apply to regain their tax-exempt status.

The museum is in chapter 11 bankruptcy while it reorganizes its $7 million debt.

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Comments

[oregonian68]

10:43 PM on 02/23/2012

Good. The whole is about making white people who hadn't a thing to do with slavery feel guilty about it. I feel no guilt at all, but treat all people equally, with equal respect, considerations and standards of behavior. The 3rd point is where liberals and I part.

[Onyxist]

12:24 PM on 02/25/2012

really.. so you'd prefer to erase history so you white ppl can feel comfortable ?

[E-cology715]

02:01 PM on 02/25/2012

Most people who denounce the guilt are agreeable to any action that suppresses evidence of the evil, inhuman acts that their ancestors participated in and they continue to profit from. Most of them are completely unconscious of this fact and will hide behind a political ideology that makes them appear logical, instead of terrified of reprisal.