The California NAACP called for the dissolution of the United States national anthem Tuesday in addition to pledging support for former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
California NAACP President Alice Huffman said, "This song is wrong; it shouldn't have been there, we didn't have it 'til 1931, so it won't kill us if it goes away," according to Shirin Rajaee of CBS Sacramento.
Huffman also said of Kaepernick and his decision to protest during the anthem last season: "The message got distorted, the real intentions got overlooked, it became something that's dividing us, and I'm looking for something to bring us back together.