Ameer Hasan Loggins references earlier silent Black protests, namely the Negro Silent Protest Parade on July 28, 1917, when thousands of Black children, women, and men brought national attention to the three day reign of terror in East Saint Louis when white mobs murdered and burnt out black residents, lynching and other crimes that went unpunished, and the raised fists of John Carlos and Tommie Smith at the 1968 summer Olympics, in his analysis of the power and meaning of Colin Kaepernick’s silent kneeling during NFL games. To read the complete essay, click here.
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