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With National Football League athletes fighting with President Trump over taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem, a University of Michigan student on Monday took a knee on the Diag, the center of campus life. The student, Dana Greene, said he was protesting racism both at the university and in society. Many Michigan students applauded the action, and tried to provide him with some shade from umbrellas as he stayed in place in a warm day.