star spangled banner song by francis scott key lyrics

I respect the 'free credit report dot com' jingle more than the star spangled banner. Another user resonated similar thoughts in February when they tweeted: 'It's got horrible lyrics, corny sentiment, anti-black 3rd verse. FOH!' While another wrote: 'reminder that the star spangled banner was written by a wealthy slave owner and the original poem has a third stanza that doesn’t get sung bc it is blatantly anti Black liberation'. A song about 'the land of the free and the home of the brave” that also contains lyrics about capturing & killing Black slaves who dared escape to freedom. One user wrote: '90 years ago today The Star Spangled Banner was adopted as the National Anthem. O’er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave. Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: In God is our trust. NAACP president Alice Huffman called the song “racist” and even stated that the song “does not represent our community, it’s anti-black.” As several are celebrating National Anthem Day on March 3, there are few on Twitter who have called the poem 'anti Black'. Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the Heav’n rescued land.

In 2017, the California Chapter of the NAACP called on Congress to remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as the national anthem.

Star spangled banner song by francis scott key lyrics