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Thursday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest

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No one can ever say NFL players CAN'T stand on principle and force change within their profession and the larger culture. They most certainly can. They've done it before, it remains to be seen if we'll ever see the brave numbers to initiate change again. Today we feature the 1965 American Football League players boycott of the All-Star game. The Stand The Stand is … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest

Wednesday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest

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Today's entry was first posted April 28, 2014 and one in which we're all familiar. "The Summit" On a sunny Sunday afternoon in early June 1967, several hundred Clevelanders crowded outside the offices of the Negro Industrial Economic union in lower University Circle. None of those gathered, including a collection of the top black athletes of that time, realized the … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Black Athletes and Social/Political Protest

Saturday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids

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Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Jr. (July 13, 1928 – August 23, 2003) served as the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court from 1984 to 1996. Nix was the first African-American Chief Justice of any state’s highest court, and the first African American to be elected to statewide office in Pennsylvania. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for 24 … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Another Set of Black History Factoids