Colin Kaepernick Alleges The NFL Is Blackballing Eric Reid As Well

Do You Get It Now? When Did Kneeling Become a Crime?

Why did another Black man have to die at the hands of the police for White Americans to understand that Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem had nothing to do with disrespecting the flag, the military, or the

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Source: Chicago Defender

8 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Houston

Every year, Americans use Juneteenth as a day of reflection and celebration on the abolition of slavery in the United

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Watts Jr., J.C. (1957- )

J.C. Watts, Jr., the first black Republican to be elected to a political office in Oklahoma. He was born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, on November 18, 1957. A superior athlete, he starred as quarterback on a University of Oklahoma football team known for rarely passing the ball. Consequently, after Watts

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Social Justice

This weekend took me back to December 2015, when my former student, Quintonio LeGrier, was killed on his front porch by a Chicago Police Officer who stated he reacted out of

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

NFL Kicking Off Voter Registration and Education Initiative

Commissioner Roger Goodell told the 32 team owners on a conference call Thursday that the league is developing programs and working with the players association, Players Coalition and other organizations such as RISE and the US Vote

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Activists call for 'Star Spangled Banner' to be replaced as national anthem

(Photo by George Rose/Getty

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Cowboys Observe Juneteenth, But Where’s Jerry Jones?

The team gave its employees Juneteenth off as a holiday in remembrance of the order given by Union General Gordon Granger on that date in 1865 announcing slaves were now free in the state of

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Source: Serving Northeast Texas

Ignoring Blacks for Top NFL Jobs is Racist and Stupid – Free Press of Jacksonville

As the NFL tries to get back to work, the league is tweaking the venerable Rooney Rule, installed to give minority coaching candidates a chance to at least interview for jobs before being

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

George Floyd laid to rest with monumental homegoing

After three memorial services in three states, George Floyd was laid to rest in grand fashion Tuesday at Foundation of Life Church in

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

NFL stars deliver challenge to league in Black Lives Matter video

Prominent NFL players are calling for the league to “believe Black Lives Matter” in a powerful video posted to their Twitter and Instagram

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

NFL Will Observe Juneteenth as Official League Holiday

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, in an internal memo to staff, announced that the league will observe Juneteenth on Friday, June 19, as an official holiday and the league’s offices will be closed that

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Willie Lanier

Willie Lanier , in full Willie Edward Lanier (born August 21, 1945, Clover, Virginia, U.S.), American professional gridiron football player who was an outstanding defensive player for the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1960s and ’70s, overturning the stereotype that African Americans could not handle

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Michael Sam

Michael Sam is an American footballer who plays for the Dallas Cowboys. He is also one of the few openly gay players in the National Football League (NFL). He was born Michael Alan Sam Jr. to Jo Ann and Michael Sam, the seventh of eight children in the family. He attended Hitchcock High School in

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NFL Changes Rooney Rule, But Doesn’t Implement Draft Pick Incentives

In an announcement earlier this week, the NFL introduced new policies that are designed to increase employment opportunities and advancement for minorities and women throughout the league and changes to its Rooney

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Week In Sports: NFL Will Recognize Juneteenth Holiday

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to ESPN senior writer Howard Bryant about the NFL's response to a shift in the culture over racial injustice and NASCAR's banning of the Confederate

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Source: Stories About Black History

COMMENTARY: NFL Comments on George Floyd | Dallas Weekly

He was blackballed by the NFL after silently protesting police brutality by silently taking a knee on the sidelines during the national anthem at the start of NFL

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Source: Dallas Weekly

NFL to donate $250 million to 'combat systemic racism'

READ MORE: Malcolm Jenkins says NFL needs to apologize to Kaepernick

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Malcolm Jenkins Wants NFL & Roger Goodell To Apologize To Colin Kaepernick

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Lawrence Taylor

Named Lawrence Julius Taylor at the time of his birth in 1955 in Williamsburg, Virginia, Taylor was late in joining football as compared to the others in his field. Since he did not start playing until his junior year at Lafayette High School, Taylor was not highly recruited and so ended up at the

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'Sorry' is too little and too late, Roger Goodell | The Atlanta Voice

As Roger Goodell, the league’s longtime commissioner, explained in a video released Friday, “we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Drew Brees Stands Against Trump: Racial Justice Protests 'Not About The American Flag'

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees urged President Donald Trump on Friday night to stop describing NFL players’ silent actions during the national anthem as disrespect for the U.S. flag as he walked back his own comments earlier this week about patriotism and

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NFL Stars Demand The League ‘Admit Wrong’ To Silencing Players Amid Bogus Statement

They all spoke the names of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Eric Garner, Laquan McDonald, and more by proclaiming they are representations of them because of their

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Kenny Washington

Kenny Washington , byname of Kenneth S. Washington (born August 31, 1918, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died June 24, 1971, Los Angeles), one of the first African American college gridiron football stars on the West Coast and one of two black players to reintegrate the National Football League

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This is an uprising to save our lives

As people of color, racism affects our daily lives, our health outcomes, and our life

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Stephen A. Smith Slams ‘Foolish’ NBA Stars If They Don’t ‘Show Up To Work’ Because Of Racial Oppression

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Malcolm Jenkins isn't sure the NFL should play this season

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Colin Kaepernick’s Girlfriend Nessa Diab Calls Out NFL Commissioner For Not Mentioning Him In His Black Lives Matter Statement

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell released a video statement addressing the ongoing issue of racism and admitted that the league was “wrong for not listening to NFL players

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: I 'Encourage' a team to sign Colin Kaepernick

New York (BNC)– NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell released a statement Monday in support of former NFL Quarterback Colin Kaepernick being reinstated back into the

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Ezekiel Elliott Among Dallas Cowboys & Houston Texans Who Tested Positive For COVID-19

Just a month after the NFL began mulling over what an altered training camp would look like, a few members of America’s team, the Dallas Cowboys, have been diagnosed with the

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Carter G Woodson and the Origins of Black History Month

What we now call Black History Month originated in 1926, founded by Carter G Woodson as Negro History Week. The month of February was selected in deference to Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln who were both born in that

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