“The Star-Spangled Banner” wasn’t actually adopted ... Key was a slave-owner with anti-abolitionist views, and in this verse he mentions slaves and their role in the battle – on both ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... anthem’s seldom-sung third verse, which gloats at the defeat ...

Some Americans call for replacement of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ with new national anthem Here is the complete version of The Star Spangled Banner. Usually, only the first verse gets ...

Nov. 7): The NAACP wants the Star Spangled Banner removed as our National Anthem because the author was a slave owner and the third stanza of the poem that is the basis for the Anthem is “racist”.

1931. Oh, say can you see? The Star Spangled Banner officially becomes the national anthem of the United States. 1923. Henry Luce and Britain hadn't begin Publishing Time, America's first major ...