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The protests began in the National Football League (NFL) after San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat and later knelt during the anthem, before his team's preseason games of 2016. [11] Throughout the following seasons, members of various NFL and other sports teams have engaged in similar silent protests.
Colin Kaepernick popularized kneeling during the national anthem in 2016 as a form of civil rights protest. The quarterback was ostracized over his activism, but the NFL is changing its tune amid ...
Washington Commanders players kneeling before a game against the Oakland Raiders in September 2017. Taking the knee (or taking a knee) is a symbolic gesture against racism whereby an individual kneels upon one knee in place of standing to attention for an anthem or other such occasion.
The anthem protests sprang into the spotlight last week when President Donald Trump took aim at the participating players during a speech in Alabama ahead of the NFL's week three Sunday games.
Oct 1 (Reuters) - Several dozen NFL players, fewer than last week, chose to sit or kneel during the U.S. national anthem at the start of games on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump again ...
The first weekend of National Football League action saw several players demonstrate during the national anthem. Most of the protests came from players who have previously participated, but ...
Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick brought his protest against racial inequality to a nationally televised Monday Night Football audience.
After more than a year of Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players sitting and kneeling during the national anthem, the controversy over their protests has reached a tipping point.. More players ...