![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The themes of Muhammad Ali that he brings up are of course, first and foremost, freedom, but I think the other one is of courage. "And yet there's something really, really different. "Yes of course I think it's a kind of continuation," the noted filmmaker says. Army induction process as a Vietnam War-era draftee.ĭoes Ken Burns see the stances taken by today's athletes of color as a continuation of Ali's' legendary outspokenness and adherence to his viewpoints in race, religion and other matters? ![]() Just a few years ago, Colin Kaepernick essentially sacrificed a professional football career to kneel in protest of police brutality and racial injustice during the playing of the national anthem at games.Īnd decades before these athletes, a young, Black, Kentucky-born boxer - known first by his birth name, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., then as Mohammad Ali - temporarily sidelined his career and nearly gave up his freedom because of his refusal to complete the U.S. The sports headlines of 2021 have included stories of young athletes of color - most notably, Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles - taking stands for their personal rights and well-being in matters such as mental health and competition readiness. ![]()
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