Tag: Athlete Activism

As if 2020 couldn’t get even more depressing and traumatic. In the past two weeks, we lose three giants of the Civil Rights Movement in the midst of a newly ...

By: Zach Draves Athlete and advocate can perfectly sum up Toni Smith-Thompson. She was a former college basketball player at Manhattanville College who currently works as an Organizer for the ...

Neglect Shameful The recent acts of state violence that society perpetuates on black men and women re-galvanized an already ongoing movement to humanize and protect black people. It also shed ...

When it comes to honesty and candidness, WNBA star Imani McGee-Stafford is as authentic as you can get. (Courtesy: The Undefeated) On and off the court, she is a true ...

By: Zach Draves There are many things that we need to take away from these past few weeks the recent state-sanctioned deaths of black male, female, and trans bodies. But ...

By: Zach Draves They called him unpatriotic. They called him a distraction. They called him anti-American. They called him a communist. They burned his jerseys. They torched their Nike gear ...

By: Zach Draves “A hundred years ago the American white men used to put on a white sheet and use a bloodhound against Negroes. Today they have taken off the ...

“Your life is a gift from the creator, your gift back to the creator is what you do with your life.” Those are words from Olympic legend and Native American ...

By: Zachary Draves Malcolm X said it best. He proclaimed: “the most disrespected person in America is the black woman.” Soon, think about Breonna Taylor and her role. He said ...