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When the Bridge in MD is Rebuilt, Rename it Because Francis Scott Key Was a Slave Owner
Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Bangled Banner,” but he was also a slave holder
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Behold the Queen
U.S. Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry will neither bend nor break to the whims of white supremacy.
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Virginia Theological Seminary, With Deep Roots in Slavery, Sets Aside $1.7 Million to Pay Reparations
The Virginia Theological Seminary, in what is being called a first for an institution of its kind, has set aside $1.7 million in a fund to pay reparations to the descendants of enslaved Africans that toiled on its campus during the 1800s. Unlike some other institutions which have grappled with figuring out how to come…
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The National Anthem Is Racist, and We Made a Video in Case You Forgot
One thing that hasn’t changed: The Star-Spangled Banner is still racist. Initially titled “Defence of Fort M’Henry,” the anthem was written in 1814 by a white dude named Francis Scott Key—a man who owned slaves and thought that they were an “inferior race of people,” who were untrustworthy and indolent. As a lieutenant in the…
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Star-Spangled Bigotry: The Hidden Racist History of the National Anthem
Americans generally get a failing grade when it comes to knowing our “patriotic songs.” I know more people who can recite “America, F—k Yeah” from Team America than “America the Beautiful.” “Yankee Doodle”? No one older than a fifth-grader in chorus class remembers the full song. “God Bless America”? More people know the Rev. Jeremiah…
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