VIDEO: How Black Football Players at the University of Missouri Changed the Game on Racism
The Nation magazine sports columnist Dave Zirin and Danielle Walker, leader of "Racism Lives Here" events at the University of Missouri, talk about the significance of the strike by the school’s football team that led to the ousting of President Timothy Wolfe.The Nation magazine sports columnist Dave Zirin and Danielle Walker, leader of “Racism Lives Here” events at the University of Missouri, talk about the significance of the strike by the school’s football team that led to the ousting of President Timothy Wolfe.
— Adapted from “Democracy Now!” by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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