Civil Rights Archives - Page 19 of 20

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April 15, 2022

Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on other leaders who broke through racial barriers in their respective sports: Every April 15, Major League Baseball goes to great lengths to honor Jackie Robinson on the anniversary [...]

Pairing Social Justice and Sports

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April 8, 2022

Via The Harvard Gazette, a report on how ex-pro soccer player Justin Morrow, founder of Black Players for Change, focuses on raising diversity in leadership roles: The son of an African American police officer and an Irish [...]

Turning Attention From The Basketball Court To The Community

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March 22, 2022

Via YouTube, a TED Talk by point guard Renee Montgomery, winnner of a college national championship at UConn and a pair of WNBA titles with the Minnesota Lynx, who - when racist incidents plagued the country in 2020 - took a step [...]

Athletes and Activism

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March 19, 2022

Via Yale Daily News, commentary on the nexus between athletics and activism: I was thoroughly annoyed. Why my coach had asked me to watch “13th” –– a documentary about racism in the American carceral system –– when [...]

Lorenzo Ashley: Unsung Hero of the 1967 Cleveland Summit

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February 26, 2022

Via The Undefeated, an article on the 55th anniversary of the 1967 Cleveland Summit in which top Black athletes joined together too support boxer Muhammad Ali’s refusal to fight in Vietnam: NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland [...]

In the NFL, Simple Justice Will Not Be Enough

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February 20, 2022

Via Global Sport Matters, commentary on how - just as with school desegregation during the Cold War - legal victories or public pressure rarely have turned into tipping points for change in racial equity in the NFL and how, while [...]

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