‘Teacher Of The Year’ Kneels For Anthem As Trumps Attend NCAA Championship Game

A teacher from Minnesota who was chosen as a “Teacher of the Year” by the Council of Chief State School Officers and refused to attend a White House ceremony celebrating the “Teacher of the Year” honorees in April 2019 got attention at the NCAA football championship game on Monday by kneeling for the national anthem.

Kelly Holstine, an English and language arts teacher at Tokata Learning Center in Shakopee, Minnesota, tweeted, “Honored as State Teachers of the Year at NCAA Champ FB Game. Given platform to stand up for marginalized and oppressed people. Like many before, I respectfully kneeled during Nat’l Anthem because, ‘No one is free until we are all free’ (MLK).”