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SOURCE: NYT
11-22-17
Colin Kaepernick and the Legacy of the Negro National Anthem
by Brent Staples
The truth is that the maxims about freedom implied in the song describe a condition the country has yet to achieve. People who confront that reality by kneeling prayerfully on the football field are often more determinedly patriotic than those who reflexively stand.
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SOURCE: The Root
7-4-16
Story of the Week: The Hidden Racist History of the National Anthem
by Jason Johnson
In the third, forgotten stanza, Francis Scott Key refers darkly to the members of the Colonial Marines, a battalion of runaway slaves who joined with the British Royal Army in exchange for their freedom.
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SOURCE: Archaeology
9-12-14
Do You Have Snippets of the Star-Spangled Banner?
The pieces were snipped off the flag by its various keepers and given away as keepsakes until about 20 percent of the flag was missing by the 1880s.
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