Courage on the Basketball Court
[It takes an incredible level of gutsiness to stand up for your beliefs in the face of 300 screaming jarhead wannabes. Especially if you’re just a high school athelete. Good for her! -Thomas]
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0221-07.htm
Published on Friday, February 21, 2003 by The Journal News (White Plains, NY)
A Silent Protest on the Basketball Court
by Janet Paskin
NEWBURGH — Fans packed the stands before the women’s basketball game at Mount St. Mary College last night. They held flags. And they waited.
They got what they came for. As Mount St. Mary student Sara Klemeshefsky sang “The Star-Spangled Banner,'’ Manhattanville’s Toni Smith turned to the side, away from the American flag, and faced the floor.
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