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  1. Sep 13, 2020 · 09-12-2020 • 21 min read. Almost four years after he began protesting racial injustice and police brutality in America by sitting and then kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games,...

  2. Jun 5, 2020 · Starting in 2016, despite Kaepernicks explanation that his kneeling during the national anthem was a call to end racial injustice and police brutality toward people of color, a backlash ...

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  3. Jun 1, 2020 · Four years ago, Colin Kaepernick began sending a message about police brutality and social injustice by refusing to stand for the national anthem before NFL games. His act continues to...

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  5. Jun 7, 2020 · By BARRY WILNER. Published 7:45 AM PDT, June 7, 2020. Colin Kaepernick was a second-round draft pick in 2011. The next year he led the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl. By 2016, he had begun kneeling on the sideline at games during the national anthem to protest social injustice and police brutality.

  6. Sep 7, 2017 · Colin Kaepernick may forever be known as the quarterback who knelt for the national anthem before N.F.L. games in 2016 as a protest against social injustice. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images. 423. By...

  7. Jul 9, 2021 · 2016. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick sits during national anthem, gives interview about it for the first time. At an NFL preseason game on August 26, 2016, San Francisco 49ers quarterback...

  8. Feb 15, 2019 · Kaepernick kneels for the anthem in a preseason game in San Diego, instead of sitting, and is joined by a teammate, Eric Reid. He also announces he will donate $1 million to charitable organizations.