FILE- In a file photo from Sept. 24, 2017, National anthem singer Rico Lavelle bends to his knee, bows his head and raises his fist after singing the anthem before the first half of an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and the Atlanta Falcons in Detroit. The sight of football players kneeling during the national anthem is the continuation of a tradition nearly as old the song itself. University of Michigan musicology professor Mark Clague says "The Star-Spangled Banner" has been a channel for protest since at least the 1840s. The lyrics were recast as an anti-slavery song and it's been used or reworked to push for racial equality, women's suffrage, prohibition and labor rights. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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