KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Football players from Missouri have joined other college athletes in a push to end racial injustice by canceling a practice to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.
The team said in a statement that the players had the support of their coaches and wanted to “use our platform as college student-athletes to shed light on the injustices that are plaguing our country, and to help promote CHANGE!”
We are relentless in our pursuit of equality for all. pic.twitter.com/gxYyEn1XQs
— Mizzou Football (@MizzouFootball) August 28, 2020
They were joined by college students from across the country who didn’t practice and marched Friday in honor of the 57-year anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
