On The Shoulders Of Giants

We explore three stories of protest in sports that are often overlooked but essential to understanding the current debate: Jack Johnson, Wilma Rudolph, and Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.

An episode of the Throughline podcast, hosted by NPR, titled "On The Shoulders Of Giants" was published on August 29, 2019 and runs 40 minutes.

August 29, 2019 ·40m · Throughline

Summary

When Colin Kaepernick stopped standing for the national anthem at NFL games it sparked a nationwide conversation about patriotism and police brutality. And in the last few weeks that conversation was rekindled when the NFL announced a deal with Jay-Z that some thought moved attention away from Kaepernick's continued absence from the league. The discussion about the utility of athletes taking a stand is nothing new — black athletes using their platform to protest injustice has long been a tradition in American history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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