Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Is the US national anthem racist?
Amid the debate over protests during the national anthem, some attention is focusing on the song itself. The third verse of The Star Spangled Banner, which is rarely sung, contains lines alluding to slaves and freed blacks fighting with the British in the War of 1812.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readAmid the debate over protests during the national anthem, some attention is focusing on the song itself. The third verse of The Star Spangled Banner, which is rarely sung, contains lines alluding to slaves and freed blacks fighting with the British in the War of 1812.
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Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Gina Pollack
Producer
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Jason A. Johnson
professor of political science and journalism, Morgan State University; politics editor, The Root; host, “A Word with Jason Johnson.”
The full episode
5 of 5College basketball scandal heats up- 0:00College basketball scandal heats up
- 8:40UC Irvine medical school controversy
- 16:06Alabama Senate primary and the future of the GOP
- 24:24Unrest offers a personal experience of chronic pain
- 41:15Is the US national anthem racist?You’re reading this