400 Years Taking The Knee S01

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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)