Pledge of allegiance

Roc Nation is doing major things. The philanthropic arm of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label rallied behind <strong.Jabari Talbot, the sixth grade boy who was arrested last month after he refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance at his school in Lakeland, Florida. The student got into an exchange with a substitute teacher and according […]

This morning I wanna highlight two young leaders who stories are connected not just because of their refusal to go along with the status quo, but because of the consequences they faced as  a result. As you may have heard, earlier this month @ Lawton Chiles Middle School in Lakeland, Florida, an 11 year old […]

An 11-year-old Florida boy was arrested and now faces charges after refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and creating a disturbance in the classroom on Feb. 4, police said. According to USA Today, the sixth-grader from a Tampa suburb allegedly told his substitute teacher at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland that the flag is “racist” and the national […]

Freedom of speech and standing up for your rights and beliefs are some of the hottest topics in the country right now. However, it always seems that when POC utilize those rights and freedoms they are met with outrage, disdain and even physical violence. The latter is what happened when a black student decided not […]

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Attorneys offered contrasting interpretations of the Pledge of Allegiance during oral arguments Wednesday in a New Jersey family’s lawsuit claiming a school district is discriminating against their child’s atheist beliefs. The lawsuit focuses on the words “under God” that were added to the Pledge in 1954 and that have survived legal […]