"The WNBA Paved the Way:" Basketball and Social Justice Protest

Sun’s Jasmine Thomas talks about WNBA, players’ frustrations (Connecticut Sun, 9/1/2020)

https://www.theday.com/connecticut-sun/20200828/suns-jasmine-thomas-talks-about-wnba-protests-players-frustrations

WNBA Players Advocate for Social Justice (WTIU, 8/31/2020)

https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/wnba-players-advocate-for-social-justice.php

An Essay: Basketball is back in an uncertain world. (NetsDaily.com, 8/31/2020)

https://www.netsdaily.com/2020/8/31/21405177/nba-wnba-protest-boycott-walkout-activism-george-hill-lebron-obama-police-justice-voting-rights

Your Day in Women’s Basketball, August 31: WNBA players return to the court, keep speaking out (HighPostHoops.com, 8/31/2020)

https://highposthoops.com/2020/08/31/day-womens-basketball-august-31-wnba-players-return-court-keep-speaking/

WNBA Player defends protests over police brutality and Trump criticism (The Hill, 8/30/2020)

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/514326-wnba-player-defends-protests-over-police-brutality-amid-trump-criticism

Don’t Forget the Other Radical Activists in Professional Basketball: The WNBA Players (Mother Jones, 8/29/2020)

https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-police-protest/2020/08/dont-forget-the-other-radical-activists-in-professional-basketball-wnba-players/

The NBA Walkout is Historic, but the WNBA Paved the Way (Washington Post, 8/29/2020)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/29/nba-wnba-racial-injustice/

The WNBA Made the NBA Strike Possible ( Slate, 8/28/2020)

https://slate.com/culture/2020/08/wnba-activism-nba-strike-influence-jacob-blake.html

WNBA to resume play Friday after two days postponed in protest (ESPN, 8/28/2020)

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29759578/wnba-resume-play-friday-two-days-postponed-protest

WNBA players joined together to protest police brutality after postponing more games (SBNATION, 8/27/2020)

https://www.sbnation.com/wnba/2020/8/27/21404486/wnba-players-protest-police-brutality-postponing-games

The sports world applauded the WNBA’s players for taking a stand (USA Today, 8/27/2020)

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2020/08/wnba-players-social-justice-sports-protest-jacob-blake

WNBA Players shirts with ‘bullet holes’ to protest Jacob Blake shooting, racial justice (Good Morning America, 8/27/2020)

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/wnba-players-wear-shirts-bullet-holes-protest-jacob-72650367

In photos: Sports grind to a halt as players protest Jacob Blake shooting (Axios, 8/27/2020)

https://www.axios.com/nba-wnba-mlb-mls-defer-games-jacob-blake-protest-photos-f116e53a-af87-44b3-8e8e-deb6624d0b3e.html

WNBA players will not play Thursday in unified protest against racial injustice (StarTribune, 8/27/2020)

https://www.startribune.com/wnba-players-will-not-play-thursday-in-unified-protest-against-racial-injustice/572244112/

WNBA Players Called Off Their Games and Kneeled in Protest of the Shooting of Jacob Blake (BuzzFeed News, 8/26/2020)

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/wnba-protest-jacob-blake"