Black Cheerleaders and A Long History of Protest
In November 2018, Kayla Morris, a member of the San Francisco 49ers’s Gold Rush cheerleading squad, became the first NFL
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Sport
Black Fists, Black Pride, and the 1968 Summer Olympics
Black fists. Black men. Black pride. That’s how we will always remember bronze medalist John Carlos and gold medalist Tommie
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Online Forum: Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee
October 8-12, 2018 Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting a week-long online forum based
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On Race and Sports: An Interview with Howard Bryant
In today’s post, Jermaine Scott, a PhD candidate in the Department of African American Studies at Northwestern University, interviews Howard
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The NFL and a History of Black Protest
In 1944, Black activist and sportswriter Halley Harding, argued that “most persons, corporations or business almost always forget the people or incidents
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