What Happened to Black Activism in Professional Sports?
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 18, 2024
LeBron James kneels with the Los Angeles Lakers during the national anthem on August 5, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. (Kevin C. Cox / Getty) (Kevin C. Cox / Getty)
The growth of the Black Lives Matter movement through the 2010s catalyzed a resurgence of Black activism in professional sports that had its climax in 2020 with the . . .