Sixty Years Ago She Refused to Stand for the Anthem
Before Colin Kaepernick kneeled, high jumper Rose Robinson defied tradition at the Pan American Games. Her resistance — and legacy — didn’t start nor end there.
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10 min readSep 26, 2019
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In the waning days of summer in 1959, Chicago was overrun with sporting frenzy. Over 2,000 athletes from 24…