400 Years Taking The Knee S01 Promo Trailer HD - 400 Years Taking The Knee Season 1
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 People all over the world take the knee,
00:10 but for centuries, black resistance to oppression
00:14 has taken many forms.
00:16 When the quarterback Colin Kaepernick
00:20 first took the knee in 2016,
00:23 during the national anthem at an NFL game,
00:27 there was a huge backlash.
00:29 Ultimately, this act of defiance cost him his livelihood.
00:33 I'm gonna continue to stand with the people
00:35 that are being oppressed.
00:36 This country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all,
00:40 and it's not happening for all right now.
00:42 Maybe you should find a country that works better for him.
00:44 Let him try.
00:45 In the years since, taking the knee
00:48 has become a powerful symbol of resistance,
00:52 as potent as Martin Luther King's civil rights marches,
00:56 and as iconic as Tommy Smith and John Carlos's
00:59 black gloved fist at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.
01:04 Sports people around the world have taken the knee,
01:08 on the football pitch.
01:10 A powerful image to show football's social conscience.
01:14 And on the racing track.
01:16 And that is a positive message from that quote.
01:18 Where will this symbol of resistance lead,
01:22 and where did it come from?
01:24 Is it a passive act, or an act of defiance?
01:27 To answer these questions,
01:29 we travel back through the centuries,
01:31 to the earliest resistance by enslaved Africans
01:35 against racial oppression in the Americas.
01:37 (upbeat music)