Decades before Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the U.S. national anthem to raise awareness about police brutality against Blacks and other racial injustices, track and field star Eroseanna 'Rose' Robinson took a great risk in advocating for social and political change. At the Pan American Games, during the summer of 1959, she refused to stand for the U.S. national anthem,...
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