An NFL Hall of Famer’s Balanced Perspective on the NFL Controversy
The question is not whether the kneeling players have a right to express their political views. The question is whether doing so during the anthem is the most appropriate way.
By Joseph D'Hippolito Published on October 26, 2017
An NFL Hall of Famer who devoted himself to civil rights after his playing career hardly fits the stereotype of a conservative.
Jim Brown, the NFL’s all-time leading rusher when he retired from the Cleveland Browns in 1966, organized the Negro Industrial Economic Union that year to stimulate investment in black businesses. (It was later renamed the Black Economic Union.)
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