Sentences with phrase «protesting black athletes»
Yet despite all this, the president seemed transfixed on one main topic: protesting black athletes and the leagues in which they play.
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Just as more white people have joined in marches and protests, there have been similar calls for white athletes to mirror their black counterparts.
The president had found the latest targets for his vitriol — the NFL and NBA and, more specifically, the black athletes within the sports who had led protests or spoken out against the president.
Since last football season, dozens of athletes have demonstrated during the national anthem, either by kneeling or raising a clenched fist in the air, to protest the killing of black civilians by law enforcement officers.
«Four hands position the couple's marriage portrait on the wall: three wear the standard white gloves used for handling art, but the fourth is clad in leather, reminiscent of the black - gloved salute that the athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised in protest while receiving medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics.»
Rife with meaning, the work conjures many images, including that of of athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fists during a medal ceremony at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, a gesture of protest and black unity popularized by the Black Panther Pblack unity popularized by the Black Panther PBlack Panther Party.