magnoliablossom2:White Baseball Players Kneel in the 50’s to protest Black Lynchings. Then I
magnoliablossom2: White Baseball Players Kneel in the 50’s to protest Black Lynchings. Then I saw this which takes away from their original purpose: “Archival photos reveal several white baseball players kneeling during the national anthem in protest of the lynching of innocent negroes and Jim Crow laws. The practice was quickly ended when the players realized that most of their fans were either KKK members or sympathizers.” http://www.breakingnews247.net/59f31b71e36be/white-baseball-players-kneel-in-the-50-s-to-protest-black-lynchings.html -- source link