Interim Director for the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement

National Football League players take a knee to highlight racial justice in the US

Cartoon by Christopher Perez/Guilfordian

Courtney Cubberley and Lila Karp

October 6, 2017

All eyes were on Colin Kaepernick as he took a knee during the national anthem at a 2016 preseason game. Kaepernick, then the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, chose to take a knee in order to highlight racial injustice and police brutality against African-Americans in the U.S. Now, in the middle of...

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National Football League players take a knee to highlight racial justice in the US