Lessons from Black Athletes: Boycotts That Changed History Fast! #shorts

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]We do have to reassure that whatever the next steps are, that that we we talked about that there's some clearly an educational component that outlines why this matters and the long-term impact.

[00:00:10]The last point I want to make rolling this, I want to talk about what happened in 2015 University of Missouri when they had those black students called for boycott and eventually led to the president I think chancellor resigning.

[00:00:22]It was when black football players got involved in that advocacy work that the that that things began to turn and that they the individuals that belong etc. saw what the economic impact is. So we need black players to take that same mentality from those 2015 University of Missouri football players.

[00:00:42]Well, it was no different when the Mississippi State football players said, "I'm not going to play ball if that Confederate emblem was on that flag." That was on June 20th, June 30th, the governor signed a signed a bill into law getting rid of it.