Will NFL protests be seen as moment ‘the tide turned’ on race, social justice?
At the 1968 Summer Olympics, bronze medal winner John Carlos famously raised a fist in protest of racial and social injustices in the U.S. Today, some 50 years later, hundreds of professional athletes are taking a knee to do the same. Here, Carlos and several Northeastern scholars examine this cultural touchstone and the national debate it has inspired.
