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Athlete activism in the United States refers to using one's platform as a professional athlete to advocate for social and political issues in the United States of America. It has been an aspect of American sports culture for decades, dating back to the civil rights movement of the 1960s, with athletes such as Muhammad Ali and Tommie Smith using ...
Activism has taken the form of both symbolic protests, such as the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute, as well as athletes engaging in existing political movements.Athletes have engaged in activism at both the professional and amateur level, often at the risk of significant repercussions to their career and financial prospects both from official sporting bodies and private sponsors.
At a time when athletes are embracing activism like never before, refusing to heed the unfounded admonition framed two years ago by one TV talking head as “shut up and dribble,” there was ...
Athlete activism in the United States; 0–9. 1961 Boston Celtics boycott; 1965 American Football League All-Star game; 1968 Olympics Black Power salute;
The political divide over athlete protests has deepened in the four years since NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the playing of the U.S. national anthem, according to a ...
The Kansas City Chiefs broke their 50-year Super Bowl drought in February before the NFL embarked on a 2020 like no other year before that saw the league navigate the COVID-19 pandemic amid a ...
Human rights activist, pioneer for racial equality, internationally recognized expert on sports issues, scholar and author Richard E. Lapchick is often described as “the racial conscience of sport.” Lapchick is a regular columnist for ESPN.com and The Sports Business Journal, and a regular contributor to the op-ed page of the Orlando ...
When my father, Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, I was 10 years old. Although I was heartbroken, I remember being moved to learn that members of the Pittsburgh Pirates, led by the great ...