OXFORD, Miss. - Eight University of Mississippi basketball players kneeled during the national anthem Saturday before a victory over Georgia in response to a Confederacy rally near the arena. Six Mississippi basketball players take a knee during the national anthem before an NCAA college basketball game against Georgia in Oxford, Miss., Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. The march began at the Confederate monument on the city square and ended at another Confederate monument in the heart of the Ole Miss campus. Ole Miss beat Georgia 72-71.

Source: thestar February 23, 2019 21:45 UTC