her stomach.
in 1936, track star jesse owens
ran in the berlin olympics, a
silent protest against hitler's
racist agenda.
he won four gold medals.
in 1967, mohammed ali almost
lost anything when he refused to
be drafted into the u.s. army
for the vietnam war.
he was stripped of his heavy
weight title.
the decision was overturned and
he regained his championship
status.
1968, the iconic image you're
looking at was taken at the
mexico city olympics, after
finishing first and third
respectively, two sprinters each
raised a single fist as they
stood on the winner's podium.
both men were booed in the
moment, kicked out of the
olympic village and suspended
from u.s. track and field for
raising that you aeir fists.
sound familiar?
four years ago colin kaepernick
took a knee against this very