[Jackie] Robinson, [Larry] Doby, Campy [Roy Campanella], and [Don] Newcombe were the easiest translation of what the civil rights movement aimed for: give black folk a chance, treat us fairly, make one set of rules for us all to abide by, and we will do well. In our day, what [Colin] Kaepernick and his cohort are shooting for is similar: don't assume black people are thugs, don't fear us because we are black, give us a chance to live as we explain ourselves to the police.
-- Michael Eric Dyson, What Truth Sounds Like, p. 252
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