{"id":4327,"date":"2020-12-01T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/?page_id=4327"},"modified":"2020-12-17T03:10:22","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T03:10:22","slug":"star-spangled-banner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/who-we-are\/star-spangled-banner\/","title":{"rendered":"Remove the Star-Spangled Banner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The town of Manchester must remove The Star-Spangled Banner from\n
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The American National Anthem was written by Francis Scott Key, a slave owner and avid defender of chattel slavery. Key\u2019s political legacy includes fervently upholding the institution of slavery and prosecuting early abolitionists who started the anti-slavery movement. His creation of The Star Spangled Banner, written at a time when America was not<\/em> land of the free, cannot be separated from his racist history.  <\/strong><\/p>\n

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We suggest that instead of performing The Star Spangled Banner, the Manchester High School Roundtable Singers write and compose a song that can be performed at public sporting events in a way that exemplifies \ufeff<\/span>MPS Pride and Manchester\u2019s commitment to justice.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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In addition, we demand that Lift Every Voice and Sing, the Black National Anthem, be taught in all elementary school music classes. First written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson, Lift Every Voice and Sing is a song that honors the African American struggle for freedom and celebrates their centrality to our national identity. It should be a mandatory requirement within the music education departments in Manchester. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The town of Manchester must remove The Star-Spangled Banner from public sporting events. The American National Anthem was written by Francis Scott Key, a slave owner and avid defender of chattel slavery. Key\u2019s political legacy includes fervently upholding the institution of slavery and prosecuting early abolitionists who started the anti-slavery movement. His creation of The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1589,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4327\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powerupmanchester.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}