aTHLETES & SOCIAL JUSTICE
With so much racial tension in America, some people are confused when professional athletes use their voices to raise awareness about inequality and racism. This is not the first time that athletes have been on the forefront of progressing civil rights. Check out these resources to learn more about how sports have always been at the forefront of social justice.
- Jackie Robinson and 10 Other African American Pioneers in Sports
- Book: The Revolt of the Black Athlete
- Book: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler’s Olympics
- Book: Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
- Book: We Will Win the Day: The Civil Rights Movement, the Black Athlete, and the Quest for Equality
- Podcast: Black Athletes and the Civil Rights Movement
- Article: Breaking the Huddle
- Breaking the Huddle- Darryl Hill and impact of Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech
- Biography: Wilma Rudolph
- Biography: Althea Gibson
- Biography: Arthur Ashe
- Biography: Alice Coachman
- How Jesse Owens Foiled Hitler’s Plans for the 1936 Olympics
- Jesse Owens Inspiring History
- Skyler Diggins for Equal Pay
- 8 Times Women in Sports Fought for Equality
- Athletes and Activism: The Long Defiant History of Sports Protests
- The Football Game that Broke Racial Barriers
- The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World: Article | Preview | Film
- The Undefeated: Black athletes have always been at forefront of the struggle
- Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (PBS film by Ken Burns)
- Jackie Robinson: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon (PBS)
- United We Stand: The Ali Summit
