“On Bloody Sunday in 1965, when John Robert Lewis led the march across the Pettus Bridge, only to be beaten, he was 5 feet 5 1/2 inches tall and weighed 156 pounds. Think of his statue, and how big he was, and is still. Then think of Black athletic activists of the past who stood up for social justice and made history doing so … Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Brown, Bill Russell, Tommie Smith, Juan Carlos, Colin Kaepernick, and others. Then decide!”
Read Roger’s column, published at The Sports Column.
