Missouri Football Team refuses to Play, President Resigns
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Top 10 Most Effective Athletic Protests
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Muhammed Ali refuses to fight in Vietnam
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Tommie Smith and John Carlos' Black Power Salute
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"Los Suns" to protest Arizona immigration Law
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Olympic Boycotts
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1949 -- Lafayette declined an invitation to play in the 1949 Sun Bowl because the invitation came with the condition that David Showell, a black player for Lafayette, would not be allowed to play.
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2014 -- After a scoring a touchdown against Missouri, Arkansas running back Jonathan Williams raised his hands and arms, mirroring the "hands up, don't shoot" pose frequently used by protestors of the
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2013 -- Grambling was forced to cancel a football game against Jackson State after players refused to travel to play the game. The players were upset over the school's travel policies and poor facilit
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1972 -- Washington's football team refused to come out of the locker room for the second half of a game, unless their comments on protesting the Vietnam War were read over the public address announcer
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2015 -- In March, Oklahoma's football team chose not to participate in a spring practice as a silent protest against a fraternity on campus that participated in a racist video.