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[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok was it actually called that before emancipation? I can't help but feel like actually calling it that was more of a cold war-ism

[–] CH3DD4R_G0BL1N@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

Star Spangled Banner was written in 1814, so yes. It wasn’t adopted as the US natl anthem until 1931, but race relations were hardly a thing of the past at that point either.