Taking A Knee: Athlete Activism

11/10/22 • 30 min

In our final episode, Matt Andrews explores how athletes have protested in the modern era, from Craig Hodges' direct plea to President Bush to Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem. Those protests, just like similar ones before it, were criticized by some Americans who told those athletes to "shut up and dribble."

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11/10/22 • 30 min

The Untold History of Sports in America - Taking A Knee: Athlete Activism

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Oh, lessons from the world's top professors anytime, any place, world history examined and science explained. This is one day university. Welcome,

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and we're back on the Untold History of Sports in America. I'm your host, Mike Coscarelli. Sad to tell you, folks, this is our last episode, so soak it in. I'm gonna miss bringing you history every week, and I hope you'll miss hearing my sultry tone

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