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December 5, 2021

Jackie Robinson

Paul Robeson listens to a speech during the Peace Partisans World Congress in Moscow on April 20th, 1949. Robeson lost his passport in 1950.
Social Justice

The Long, Defiant History of Activism Among Black Athletes

Journalist Howard Bryant's new book looks at how black athletes have historically ignored the mandate to "shut up and play."