In reply to Stephy.

Francis Scott Key, the writer of The Star Spangled Banner, believed blacks to be, and I quote, "a distinct and inferior race of people, which all experience proves to be the greatest evil that afflicts a community."
Not only that...let's talk about the writer of The Pledge Of Allegiance, Francis Bellamy...he believed that blacks weren't equal, immigrants were not equal, and women weren't equal...he wanted to include the word "equality" in the Pledge Of Allegiance, but not because he BELIEVED in equality...he was a socialist, and when he says equality, he's saying that he doesn't like you and wants to change you...and he wants to use government force to do it. But guess what? Bellamy KNEW that state superintendents of education on his committee were against equality for women and African Americans anyway, so he left the word out...ALSO, he wanted kids to stretch their right arm out, palms facing down, as they recited it...like Hitler...this was changed in 1942...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute