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    Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality and racial injustice. His protest drew both support and criticism and sparked important debates. While some players joined his protest, the NFL distanced itself from Kaepernick and he has not played in the league since. Overall, Kaepernick's actions brought needed attention to issues of racial injustice even if he faced significant backlash for his protest.

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    Colin Kaepernick first knelt during the national anthem in 2016 to protest police brutality and racial injustice. His protest drew both support and criticism and sparked important debates. While some players joined his protest, the NFL distanced itself from Kaepernick and he has not played in the league since. Overall, Kaepernick's actions brought needed attention to issues of racial injustice even if he faced significant backlash for his protest.

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    Colin Kaepernick: The Knee of Protest

    Joshua Morgan
    Charlee Stewart
    Aerospace/Hydrospace Engineering & Physical Sciences
    Fairchild Wheeler, Bridgeport, CT

    Background Information The Act of Protest Conclusions


    Narrative/figure/table Narrative/figure/table
    .
    • This research project is about • On August 26, 2016, during the NFL • Overall, Kaepernick's decision to
    why or how the Preseason, Colin Kaepernick first kneel during the national anthem
    decisions that Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national was a powerful act of protest that
    made insighted debate, as well anthem. He then pledged to donate 1 drew attention to issues of racial
    as outrage and protest for police million dollars to social injustice. injustice in the United States.
    brutality • Along with Colin Kaepernick, While he faced significant
    several other players decided to criticism and backlash for his
    follow his footsteps, and kneel during actions, his legacy has been one
    the National Anthem. The NFL was of sparking important
    angry, and this caught the attention conversations and bringing
    of the News, and even the president much-needed attention to an
    at the time. There was a lot of mixed important issue.
    emotions, both negative and positive. • One thing that I found
    • This research was framed and unexpected was that the NFL did
    designed in a way to show the not stand with Colin, and they
    actions of what happened, as well as decided to stray away from him,
    the final actions that happened in this and leave him in the dark in an
    instance. issue where he did not gain any
    support from the NFL.
    Impact • One question that I produced is
    • The impact of the kneeling in the NFL that if Colin Kaepernick was
    first started by Colin resulted in him so talented, would the NFL teams
    losing a chance to play in the NFL really stray away from someone
    anymore, and in accordance with so talented, because
    that he was unable to get any he exercised his rights?
    Research Questions contracts. There was a lot of protests
    afterwards that supported and even
    bashed the NFL for the racism that
    • What incited Colin Kaepernick
    was displayed by treated Colin as
    to kneel during the game?
    well as other people who also
    • When and where did it occur?
    protested with him.
    What Happened? Who
    participated in this event?
    • What was the overall
    "aftershock"
    once Colin Kaepernick kneeled
    during the game?

    Works Cited
    • Abrams, Lindsay. “Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem
    Protest Is Working.” The Huffington Post, 30 Aug. 2016,
    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/colin-kaepernick-national-
    anthem-protest-working_b_57c4a4ffe4b0664f13ca4ea9.
    Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.

    • Bishop, Greg. “Colin Kaepernick's Protest Is Working.”


    The New York Times, 9 Sept. 2016,
    https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/10/sports/football/colin-
    kaepernick-protest-national-anthem.html. Accessed 21
    Mar. 2023.

    • Brinson, Will. “NFL Colin Kaepernick Timeline: From


    Anthem Protest to Lawsuit Settlement.” CBS Sports, 18
    Feb. 2019, https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-colin-
    kaepernick-timeline-from-anthem-protest-to-lawsuit-
    settlement/ Accessed 21 Mar. 2023.
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