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Aug 22, 2017 · By Jason Reid @JReidESPN. August 22, 2017. There’s no doubt about it: Colin Kaepernick is the face of the new civil rights movement. By first sitting and then kneeling last season to draw attention to the oppression of black people and people of color in the U.S., the now-unemployed quarterback risked his career.
May 10, 2024 · Colin Kaepernick, American gridiron football player and social activist who had success as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers (2011–16) of the NFL but was better known for kneeling during the national anthem before games to protest racial injustice and police brutality against African Americans.
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Oct 11, 2017 · He compared Kaepernick to Ella Baker, the civil rights activist who died in 1986, aged 83. "She was a civil/human rights leader that was invested in developing a leaderful movement," Loggins...
Aug 27, 2020 · According to a study of political behavior among Black Americans, Kaepernick was “a powerful mobilizing force” who directly inspired nearly one-third of Black people polled to donate to a...
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Sep 7, 2017 · Petrella said the comparisons were apt, but Kaepernick’s approach reminded him more of Ella Baker, a civil rights pioneer known for her work with the N.A.A.C.P., the...
Sep 27, 2023 · Football player Colin Kaepernick attracted national attention as a civil rights activist for kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games in protest of racial inequality and...
Jul 14, 2021 · “And so what happened with Kaepernick had a long history, going back over half a century, in this country.” Similar protests were performed by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
