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Kaepernick, who has not played in the NFL since 2016, said in a
statement that he wanted to offer context for what led to his
taking a knee. Before that, he had remained seated during the
anthem.
“People saw the moment. But they didn’t see the years that made
it possible: the questions about who I was; the injustices I
could no longer ignore; the voices of those who came before me
that I carried into that stadium,” Kaepernick said in a
statement released Tuesday. “That journey, from a Black kid
navigating an identity the world didn’t always make space for,
to an athlete who realized the game was bigger than football,
shaped everything. When I took a knee, it wasn’t a sudden act.”
Legacy Lit is calling the book “equal parts memoir and
manifesto,” tracing “the off-the-field battles that turned a
single act of protest into a movement that changed American
sports and culture forever.” Kaepernick is narrating the audio
edition, produced and to be sold exclusively by Audible.
Kaepernick, 38, played six years for the 49ers and helped lead
them to an appearance in the Super Bowl in 2013. Baltimore won
the game 34-31.
Kaepernick has spoken out often on social issues, launched his
own publishing imprint and co-written the picture story “We Are
Free, You & Me” and the graphic novel “Change the Game.”
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