Rope found hanging from tree outside Black history museum in Atlanta; Workers say ‘inference is there’

ATLANTA — A rope was found hanging from a tree outside a Black history museum in downtown Atlanta, steps from Auburn Avenue, a historic corridor at the heart of the Civil Rights Movement.

The APEX Museum has stood near the Sweet Auburn neighborhood for nearly 50 years, preserving and sharing African American history. Credit: WXIA

Workers said the rope, which had a loop at the bottom, sent a clear message, even though Atlanta police are not officially classifying it right now as a noose.

“This was not OK at all,” said Kyler Winston-Kendricks, who works at the museum.

Atlanta police and Georgia Homeland Security responded to the parking lot of the museum on Wednesday afternoon along Auburn Avenue next to the campus of Georgia State University. Credit: PROVIDED

“They’re