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Collected Item: “Republican senators to Tennessee's public colleges: Stop athletes from kneeling during national anthem”

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Republican senators to Tennessee's public colleges: Stop athletes from kneeling during national anthem

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In a virtual interview, Rennia Davis explains why the Lady Vols knelt during the national anthem.
From the article: Tennessee Republicans are up in arms over a state college basketball team's decision to kneel last week during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner," prompting legislators to warn the public university system not to allow student athletes to do so again.

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Social Justice, virtual interview, protest, college, college sports, sports, take a knee, national anthem, politics, politicians,

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2021/02/23/tennessee-republican-senators-stop-athletes-kneeling-national-anthem/4566979001/?fbclid=IwAR37qO72YL1b0tsYY1vNsUGesXhVx409UEzhu6PDn4pwGgFZ7_egM5J67w4

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Natalie Allison Nashville Tennessean

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2021-02-23
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