colin kapernick

By Lena and Hayden

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American football player

Colin Kaepernick

- football quarterback - American civil rights activist

-November 3, 1987 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, États-Unis

Colin Kaepernick 35 years

Introduction:

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name

sport

birth

- John H. Pitman High School in California - football, basketball and baseball- nominated for all-state selection → all three sports - leading his school to its first-ever playoff victory

- starting quarterback on his youth team- completed his first pass for a long touchdown.

couple → two children: Kyle and Devon

5 weeks old → placed with a white couple → Kaepernick. losing sons → heart defects

mother: Heidi Russo → white American father: black American → unknown identity

high school

family

Age 9

Birth

Adoption

childhood:

Stopped playing in the NFL → end contract

- Reached the final -played a very good game against Baltimore But lost the final

- broke the record for most yards ever rushed by a quarterback in the NFL → 181 yards

- Scored first career touchdown against the New York Jets

- joined the san fransisco 49ers team as a subsituer

End of 2016

2012

Super Bowl XLVII

April 29, 2011

September 2011

his career:

knelt during the anthem

suport malcolm X ideologies and thinkings

show his solidarity → Black Lives Matter movement

help the kids of camp Taylor

Activism

- particulary good athlete - soucre of inspiration - anti-racism activist - an icon everybody should follow - want equality for all

Legacy:

A Movie → Colin's life, difficulties of becoming a professional player → racial inequalities. "Colin in black and white"

Considered as a symbol a leading figure in the fight against racism model for the young generation

- complicated season end contract → became a free agent but did not find a new club

Conclusion:

End of career

Movie

Symbol

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