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N.F.L. owners agreed to a new national anthem policy: Teams will be fined if players kneel on the field or sidelines
The owners of N.F.L. teams agreed on Wednesday to a new policy for player conduct during the playing of the national anthem, an issue escalated last season into a national debate that involved President Trump. Commissioner Roger Goodell said that…
Read MoreColin Kaepernick and Legacy of the Negro National Anthem
Brent Staples compares the histories of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” composed by Francis Scott Key, who owned human beings, and “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the popularity of the latter in the African American community reflecting “a quiet act of rebellion…
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