THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
HISTORY OF THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The act itself has become widely referred to as “taking the knee” or “taking a knee". The protests began in the National Football League (NFL) after San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat and later knelt during the anthem, before his team’s preseason games of 2016.
Detailed explanation-2: -When American football star Colin Kaepernick took the knee during a national anthem, he became an overnight symbol of the protest and division over race in the US.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is a simple gesture, swaddled in outrage and long-endured grief, that gained powerful currency through the protest against police brutality and racial injustice led by quarterback Colin Kaepernick on the fields of the National Football League. Taking a knee.
Detailed explanation-4: -When did Kaepernick begin protesting during the national anthem? Few noticed the first protest by Kaepernick, on. Aug. 14, 2016, because it came before a preseason game in which he was not in uniform.