Athletes as Activists

Thurs., May 13 * 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT on Clubhouse

This week in History Club, we’ll be exploring histories of athletes as activists.

Athletes have been highly visible and politically active in the past decade in campaigns to end police brutality, achieve gender equality and in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

But athletes as activists are not a new phenomenon, e.g. Jesse Owens, Bill Russel…