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  • Texas Youth Football Team Receives Death Threats After Protest

    Members of a youth football team in Texas have received death threats after players took a knee before a game as a show of solidarity with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s protest against America’s over-policing of black communities. April Parkerson, the mother of 11-year-old running back Jaelun Parkerson, told ABC News that the Beaumont…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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  • How Black Lives Matter Saved Colin Kaepernick’s Career

    America has a history of taking black athletes who stand up for black rights and blackballing them. See 1968 Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos, whose black-gloved fists set off a butterfly effect of good ole down-home racism and death threats against both of their families. See former NBA players Craig Hodges and Mahmoud Abdul…

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    Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

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