There may be more to this story than a student’s failure to honor the Pledge of Allegiance. Marissa, who is Black ... I can’t. In fact, the pledge was invented in 1892, largely in an effort ...

There may be more to this story than a student’s failure to honor the Pledge of Allegiance. Marissa, who is Black ... I can’t. In fact, the pledge was invented in 1892, largely in an effort ...

As Marissa recalls, he responded, “Don’t you love this ... “Protesting the Pledge of Allegiance is basically saying that I’m aware of the way American society treats Black people, that ...

The full pledge, which many American children memorized in school, is as follows: "I pledge allegiance to the flag ... in the nation's history that two Black women senators will serve at the ...

Under federal law and South Carolina law, no one can be forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Marissa, who is Black, said that ... to say that Marissa wasn’t reciting the pledge.