Southern Illinois University Rethinks Activism Policy

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Southern Illinois University is walking back a new policy that would have made any political activism by student-athletes in uniform grounds for dismissal.

According to the Paducah (Ky.) NBC affiliate, SIU received extensive feedback on the language used in the new policy, which came after a group of three cheerleaders — all of whom were black — took a knee during the national anthem at an SIU sporting events last year.

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