{"id":366100,"date":"2018-06-20T17:34:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-black-athlete-has-been-involved-in-the-political-struggle-from-the-beginning\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T16:34:47","slug":"the-black-athlete-has-been-involved-in-the-political-struggle-from-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-black-athlete-has-been-involved-in-the-political-struggle-from-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Black Athlete Has Been Involved in the Political Struggle From the Beginning\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Janine Jackson interviewed Howard Bryant about African-American athletes and activism for the June 15, 2018, episode<\/a> of CounterSpin<\/strong>. This is a lightly edited transcript.<\/em><\/p>\n

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