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**Riveting and inspiring first-person stories of how “taking a knee” triggered an awakening in sports, from the celebrated sportswriter “__The Kaepernick Effect__ reveals that Colin Kaepernick’s story is bigger than one athlete. With profiles of courage that leap off the page, Zirin uncovers a whole national movement of citizen-athletes fighting for racial justice.” —Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award–winning author of __Stamped from the Beginning__ and __How to Be an Antiracist__** In 2016, amid an epidemic of police shootings of African Americans, the celebrated NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick began a series of quiet protests on the field, refusing to stand during the U.S. national anthem. By “taking a knee,” Kaepernick bravely joined a long tradition of American athletes making powerful political statements. This time, however, Kaepernick’s simple act spread like wildfire throughout American society, becoming the preeminent symbol of resistance to America’s persistent racial inequality. Critically acclaimed sports journalist and author of __A People’s History of Sports in the United States__, Dave Zirin chronicles “the Kaepernick effect” for the first time, through interviews

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Author

Dave Zirin

Publisher

The New Press

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781620976869

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Anthropology, Social Science, Social Sciences

Rating

4.4 / 5 (97 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14