Debate about kneeling during anthem continues at Bluefield College
WOAY-TV Members of the Bluefield College men's basketball team kneel during the national anthem before a Jan. 30 game. When Ayanna Strother, a junior on the Bluefield College women’s basketball team, heard that the men’s team had been suspended for kneeling during the national anthem before games, she and her teammates weren't surprised. The decision to kneel was not a spur-of-the-moment gesture. Like college and professional athletes of color across the country who had done the same thing, the mostly Black men's team wanted to make their presence felt and raise public awareness about pol...
Source: insidehighered.com