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African American medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos with their fists raised during the national anthem at the 1968 Olympics.

This Isn’t the First Time Professional Athletics, Protest and Politics Have Mixed

The long history of athletes taking a stand for racial justice.
by Michael MacCambridge via The Oklahoma Eagle on September 1, 2018

Black Athletes, Anthem Protests, and the Spectacle of Patriotism

The NFL's response to player protests reflects decades of League and U.S. attempts to portray false images of post-racial harmony.
by Amira Rose Davis via Black Perspectives on June 7, 2018

NFL Tells Players Patriotism Trumps Protest

Here’s why that didn’t work during WWI.
by Chad Williams via The Conversation on May 29, 2018

America's Basketball Heaven

Kinston, NC has faced immense adversity, yet it has become the NBA capital of the world.
by Baxter Holmes via ESPN.com on February 20, 2018
Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting as they receive medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Black Power Salute

The founder of the Olympic Project for Human Rights talks about the iconic protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the winners’ podium in 1968.
via BackStory on January 26, 2018
High school student in Shreveport.

Taking a Knee and Taking Down a Monument

The struggle over Shreveport's Confederate monument converges with talk about a national anthem protest by high-schoolers.
by Brent McDonald via New York Times Op-Docs on January 9, 2018

The Forgotten Origins of Politics in Sports

Black athletes didn’t “politicize” American sports. They’ve been a battleground from the very beginning.
by Kenneth Cohen via Slate on January 2, 2018

The NFL Has Officially Whitewashed Colin Kaepernick’s Protest

The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.
by Louis Moore via Vox on September 28, 2017

How the National Anthem Got Tangled Up With American Sports

Like most relationships, it’s complicated.
by Tevi Troy via Politico Magazine on September 26, 2017

“Taking a Knee”: Simple Phrase, Powerful—and Changing—Meaning

Used in military and football slang, the phrase dates back to at least 1960.
by John Kelly via Mashed Radish on September 25, 2017

Athlete Activists

The autobiography of NBA star Craig Hodges contains lessons for the pro athletes who are speaking up today.
by Jules Boykoff via Public Books on May 12, 2017

Celebrating the Life and Activism of Jackie Robinson

Those who honor Jackie Robinson must remember his importance outside the baseball diamond.
by Matthew Teutsch via Black Perspectives on May 9, 2017

How Jackie Robinson Helped Defeat a Trump-Like Candidate

The baseball great warned of lasting repercussion for black voters during Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign.
by Matt Delmont via The Atlantic on March 19, 2016

Negro League Baseball

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Jamie Lathan via Digital Public Library of America on October 14, 2015
A Chicago Cubs pitcher warms up.

An "Old-Fashioned Pitchers' Duel" Didn't Always Mean What You Think

A deep dive into the historical context and changing meanings of a time-honored term.
by Lauren Theisen via Defector on September 14, 2023
Inmates playing touch football at Moberly Correctional Center in Moberly, MO, 1990.

The First Famous Football Team Behind Bars

Sing Sing's football team, The Black Sheep, ascended to fame even though its players were incarcerated. One player was so good, he signed with the Eagles.
by Joshua Finnell via JSTOR Daily on February 8, 2023
Photo from the 1940s depicting a golfer lining up a shot while three others look on.

Fairness on the Fairway: Public Golf Courses and Civil Rights

Organized movements to bring racial equality to the golf course have been part of the sport since the early 1900s.
by Ashawnta Jackson, George B. Kirsch, Thomas B. Jones, L. J. Williams via JSTOR Daily on July 11, 2022
Photo of Jackie Robinson and Jacki Robinson Jr at the Youth March for Integrated Schools demonstration in Washington DC with Harry Belafonte.

Jackie Robinson, Pioneer of BDS

The Dodgers great didn’t just break Major League Baseball’s color line. He was also an activist whose legacy reaches from Brooklyn to South Africa to Palestine.
by Robert Ross via The Nation on April 15, 2022
Erin Jackson of the United States holds an American flag after winning the gold medal in the speedskating women's 500-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, on Feb. 13.
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The Hidden History That Explains Why Team USA is Overwhelmingly White

Exclusion and violence in Western U.S. states help explain the Whiteness of winter sports.
by Sherri Sheu via Made By History on February 17, 2022
Whitney Houston singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl

The NFL, the National Anthem, and the Super Bowl

A brief history of their tangled saga of patriotism and dissent.
by Mark Clague via The Conversation on February 10, 2022
Pure athletic prowess wasn’t really the point—the People’s Olympiad was about cultivating a spirit of equality, in direct contrast to Nazi ideals.

The 'Protest' Olympics That Never Came to Be

A leftist response to the 1936 Games being held in Nazi Germany, the proposed competition was canceled by the Spanish Civil War.
by Sam Harrison via Smithsonian on July 19, 2021

How Jackie Robinson’s Wife, Rachel, Helped Him Break Baseball’s Color Line

At some point, Jackie began to refer to himself not as “I” but as “we.”
by Chris Lamb via The Conversation on January 30, 2019
Football players with raised fists.
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Trump Said Protesting NFL Players ‘Shouldn’t Be In This Country’

We should take him seriously. Black Americans have been threatened with deportation before and it never ends well.
by Martha S. Jones via Made By History on May 25, 2018
Trump and Kanye.
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Republicans Think Celebrities Can Win Them the Black Vote. They’re Wrong.

Kanye West won't win Trump black support. But it will cost West his.
by Leah Wright Rigueur via Made By History on May 10, 2018

Ibram Kendi, One of the Nation’s Leading Scholars of Racism, Says Education and Love Are Not the Answer

A profile of the founder of American University's new anti-racism center.
by Lonnae O'Neal via Andscape on September 20, 2017
Baseball card featuring Clem Daniels.

This Football Player Fought for Civil Rights in the '60s

Here's what he thinks about national anthem protests.
by Clem Daniels, Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on September 8, 2017

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