Dexter BlackmanSportsWhy Efforts to Ban Student-Athlete Protests Would BackfireSuch actions would likely spark Black student-athletes to protest the discrimination they endure at the universities they attend and possibly disrupt revenue stream.January 4, 2016SportsLeaders in HBCU Community Have Long Debated Institutional Role of Student-AthleteFollowing Jesse Owens’ spectacular record-breaking four-gold-medal performance at the 1936 Olympics and Joe Louis’s capture of the heavyweight boxing title in 1937, a number of African-American coaches and journalists argued that African-American colleges should increase their financial support of athletics in hopes of producing more athletes who demonstrated the ability of the race.April 14, 2013Page 1 of 1
