The Washington Post drew attention to so-called 'controversial poet' Francis Scott Key for his 'racist views' after his namesake bridge collapsed in Baltimore.
It didn't take long for The Washington Post to revisit the history of 'controversial poet' Francis Scott Key, whose namesake bridge suffered a devastating collapse in Baltimore. All eyes were on Charm City early Tuesday morning after a cargo ship crashed into a support beam of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Six construction workers who were on the bridge at the time are presumed dead and two were rescued from the Patapsco River. An investigation is underway.
The Post offered a biographical history lesson of Key, a lawyer famous for writing what's now known as 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' But as the paper noted in its previous report about Key published in 2020 following the George Floyd riots, there was an 'ugly reason' why the iconic poem wasn't chosen as the national anthem for more than 100 years.
The Star-Spangled Banner' did not become the national anthem until more than a century after it was written because of controversy, partly over Key’s racist views,' The Post wrote. 'One section of the poem’s third verse, in particular, has come under scrutiny from those who say it was intended to mock or threaten African Americans who escaped slavery to join the British forces, after being promised land in exchange for their service.
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Maryland bridge collapse: Francis Scott Key bridge hit by shipPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital.
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