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Passer rating: 88.9. Rushing yards: 2,300. Rushing touchdowns: 13. Stats at Pro Football Reference. Colin Rand Kaepernick (/ ˈkæpərnɪk / KAP-ər-nik; [1] born November 3, 1987) is an American civil rights activist and former professional football quarterback. He played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League ...
Beginning in August 2016, some American athletes, most of whom are African Americans, have protested against systemic racism in the United States by kneeling on one knee while the U.S. national anthem is played. [4][5][6][7] Beginning in 2017, many players also protested against President Donald Trump 's criticisms of those involved in the ...
During 2016, several professional athletes protested police brutality during the United States (U.S.) national anthem. The protests began in the National Football League (NFL) after San Francisco 49ers quarterback (QB) Colin Kaepernick sat during the anthem, as opposed to the tradition of standing, before his team's third preseason game of 2016.
t. e. Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (/ ˈbeɪdərˈɡɪnzbɜːrɡ / BAY-dər GHINZ-burg; née Bader; March 15, 1933 – September 18, 2020) [ 2 ] was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death in 2020. [ 3 ] She was nominated by President Bill Clinton to ...
Height. 5 ft 11 in (1.80m) Parent (s) David and Debbie McElwain. Awards. ESPY Award for the Best Moment in Sports. Jason McElwain, nicknamed J-Mac (born October 20, 1988), is an American amateur athlete in basketball and marathon running, and a public speaker with high-functioning autism. In a 2006 high-school basketball game, he scored 20 ...
Claudette Colvin (born Claudette Austin; September 5, 1939) [1][2] is an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus. It occurred nine months before the ...
Petri Adonis Byrd was born on November 29, 1957, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.Taking to comedy and impressions from an early age, Hawkins-Byrd's father thought he was so entertaining and amusing as a child that he and his friends frequently called him up from prison just so they could hear him imitate celebrities.
On March 7, 2015, President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at Edmund Pettus Bridge to mark the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches on the subject of race relations within the United States. Among the estimated 40,000 present [1] were former President George W. Bush, former First Lady Laura Bush, and Amelia ...