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The numbers behind America's 180 on athlete activism

  • Written by Michael Serazio, Associate Professor of Communication, Boston College
imageIt has always been folly to believe that sports were separate from power and politics.AP Photo/Terrance WilliamsimageCC BY-ND

For 50 dormant years – roughly, the period between Muhammad Ali’s heyday and the Miami Heat donning hoodies after Trayvon Martin’s murder – athletes, as a general rule, steered clear of politics.

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