"We Came Down Here for a Mission:" NBA Protests For Justice

‘We Came Down Here for a Mission’: LeBron on Supporting Bucks and Creating a Plan of Action (SI NBA, 8/30/2020)

https://www.si.com/nba/2020/08/30/lebron-james-bucks-protest-jacob-blake-plan

Craig Hodges weighs in on NBA protest and activism: ‘They should’ve never went down there in the first place’ (CBSSports.com, 8/30/2020)

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/craig-hodges-weighs-in-on-nba-protest-and-activism-they-shouldve-never-went-down-there-in-the-first-place/

How Barack Obama helped convince NBA players to end their strike and return to play (SBNATION, 8/29/2020)

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2020/8/29/21406770/barack-obama-nba-players-lebron-james-strike-chris-paul-meeting-call

Obama counseled ‘a small group’ of NBA players amid boycotts (CNN, 8/29/2020)

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/politics/obama-chris-paul-lebron-james-nba/index.html

Colin Kaepernick sends note to LeBron James amid NBA protest: ‘Thank you for being true’ (USA Today, 8/29/2020)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2020/08/29/colin-kaepernick-sends-note-lebron-james-amid-nba-protest/5667556002/

Paul George says Clippers grew closer amid NBA protest (ESPN, 8/29/2020)

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29767764/paul-george-says-clippers-grew-closer-amid-nba-boycott

America Shouldn’t Need Black Athletes to Force Its Hand. (SINBA, 8/28/2020)

https://www.si.com/nba/2020/08/28/nba-protests-america-jacob-blake-shooting

NBA-led walkout over Jacob Blake’s shooting marks evolution of protest in pro sports (NBC News, 8/28/2020)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/nba-led-walkout-over-jacob-blake-s-shooting-marks-evolution-n1238544

Source: More than 100 NBA Employees to Walk Out, Join Protest (ESPN, 8/28/2020)

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29759244/source-100-nba-employees-strike-friday-push-social-justice

NBA Protest, live updates: Schedule announced for resumption of playoffs on Saturday, Sunday (CBSSports.com, 8/28/2020)

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-protest-live-updates-schedule-announced-for-resumption-of-playoffs-on-saturday-sunday/live/

Why experts say the NBA protest is a strike, not a boycott (CNBC, 8/27/2020)

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/boycott-vs-strike-how-experts-define-the-nba-protest.html

NBA Cancels More Playoff Games to Protest Racial Injustice (Voice of America, 8/27/2020)

https://www.voanews.com/usa/race-america/nba-cancels-more-playoff-games-protest-racial-injustice

The NBA Season will resume. Players though, can still ‘move from protest to progress’ (Yahoo Sports, 8/27/2020)

https://sports.yahoo.com/should-nba-players-walkout-on-the-season-the-worlds-preeminent-expert-on-sports-protest-says-no-061020189.html

The brief history of NBA Player protests, a trail blazed by Elgin Baylor and Bill Russell (Yahoo Sports, 8/27/2020)

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-brief-history-of-nba-player-protests-a-trail-blazed-by-elgin-baylor-and-bill-russell-205734051.html

NBA players sit out in protest four years to the day after Colin Kaepernick’s anthem protest vs. Green Bay (CBS NBA, 8/26/2020)

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-players-sit-out-in-protest-four-years-to-the-day-after-colin-kaepernicks-anthem-protest-vs-green-bay/