Our Stories: Athletes in Action- A Sports History of Black Activism in Arizona Online
Join us online for the next Our Stories presentation, as Dr. Matthew Whitaker explores how Arizona's athletes have used their platform to seek and secure social, economic, and political justice for people of African descent. This talk coordinates with the exhibition Bigger than Boxing: Zora Folley and the 1967 Heavyweight Title on view at the Chandler Museum through August 29, 2021.
Sports writer, Steve Wulf, writes "the history of sports protests goes deep. Back, way back, on Jan. 13, 532 A.D., at the chariot races in Constantinople, rival drivers from the Blues and Greens teams asked the emperor Justinian to pardon two of their followers who had been condemned to die. His refusal led to the Nika Revolt, six weeks of rioting that resulted in the deaths of 30,000 people. So taking a knee during the national anthem isn’t exactly unprecedented, or nearly as calamitous. Athletes in modern times have often been moved to protest conditions, to demonstrate that they are citizens of conscience by speaking truth to power."
Our Stories is produced as a collaboration between the Chandler Library and Chandler Museum. The series, funded in part by the Friends of the Chandler Public Library, presents diverse speakers who share unique Arizona and local history topics to a general audience throughout the year.
- Date:
- Saturday, February 20, 2021
- Time:
- 10:30am - 11:30am
- Time Zone:
- Arizona Time (change)
- Library:
- Online
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Categories:
- * Adults Art, Culture, Film & Music Local Arizona Supported by Friends of the Chandler Library
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Chandler Public Library.
The Friends of the Chandler Public Library is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, all-volunteer organization of dedicated library advocates
who cooperatively support and sponsor many of the Library’s programs, services, and events.