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Ava Duvernay has signed on to make a new series about sportsman and activist Colin Kaepernick’s early years.The longtime friends will collaborate on the six-part Colin in Black & White, which will focus on Kaepernick’s teenage years and early sports success in California before he spearheaded a social and civil rights movement by taking a knee during the U.S.

Colin Kaepernick’s life is being turned into a scripted series for Netflix and Ava DuVernay is executive producing the project!

Colin Kaepernick's adolescent life is getting the Netflix treatment. The former NFL star's years in high school are being turned into a new scripted limited series, Netflix announced on Tuesday. , from Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay, was conceived in 2019, and recently completed writing in May.

Netflix is teaming up with Emmy Award-winning director Ava DuVernay to bring former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s adolescent life to the television screen.

It’s interesting how things change over time, huh? One of the by-products of the George Floyd murder and the Black Lives Matter protests over the last month is how the world has come around to agree with the silent protest of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Colin Kaepernick's life is getting the Netflix treatment. The streaming service has announced that Ava DuVernay has signed on to executive produce Colin in Black & White, a limited drama about the Kaepernick's high school years.

Colin Kaepernick for its next project: The streamer has ordered “Colin in Black & White,” a limited series based on the athlete and activist’s teenage years, TVLine has learned.Spanning six episodes, the drama will focus on Kaepernick’s formative high school experience, “lending meaningful insight into the acts and experiences that led him to become the activist he is today,” per the official description.

Colin Kaepernick’s formative teen years will be the subject of a new scripted drama series from Ava DuVernay.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticDespite its platitudes, the NFL has still yet to offer former superstar quarterback Colin Kaepernick a deal to return to play.

Fear of A Black Planet track kicked in. Appearing separately given the coronavirus pandemic, PE's Chuck D and Flavor Flav rapped a smattering of iconic lines from "Fight the Power" in addition to opening it up for relevant, thought-provoking verses from Nas, Rapsody (rocking a camo jacket that shouted out Colin Kaepernick and Faith Evans), Black Thought and YG.

Hot New Hip Hop said today that Colin Kaepernick is getting ready to get back into the NFL. As most know, the Black Lives Matter protests this year sparked significant controversy in the media for a number of reasons, including the massive outreach they had on the world culture.

A post shared by LeBron James (@kingjames) on Jun 25, 2020 at 12:22pm PDT"As far as the NFL, I'm not in those locker rooms, I'm not with those guys but I do understand that an apology, I have not heard a true, official apology to Colin Kaepernick on what he was going through and what he was trying to tell the NFL and tell the world about why he was kneeling when he was doing that as a San Francisco 49er," James said during a Zoom interview with Bloomberg Businessweek."I just see that to still be

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The protests against police violence in America is sparking immediate change. In addition to signing a new bill holding police officers accountable for their actions, Donald Trump is also changing his stance on whether Colin Kaepernick, the man behind the silent protest by way of kneeling, should be able to return to the NFL.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerPresident Donald Trump isn’t in favor of National Football League players kneeling during the national anthem. But he believes that the original kneeler, former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, should get another chance to play in the league.Trump previously has been famously against kneeling during the anthem, calling on NFL owners to fire players who protested in that manner.

Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL this season.

Roger Goodell would like to see Colin Kaepernick back in the NFL this season. The NFL commissioner said during ESPN's “The Return of Sports” special on Monday that he is encouraging teams to sign the 32-year old quarterback, who hasn't played the past three seasons.

On the latest edition of her daytime talk show, Ellen DeGeneres welcomes hoops legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who shares his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement and the ever-growing protests against police brutality following the death of George Floyd.

Rev. Al Sharpton is asking for more than just an apology from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Should the call come, Colin Kaepernick is ready.  Absent from NFL rosters for more than three years, the 32-year-old league veteran has been waiting, patiently waiting, for any team willing to take a chance on a dual-threat quarterback with quick feet, a strong arm and the emotional fortitude of a leader.  "My desire to play football is still there," he told USA TODAY Sports this past February, some seven years after he led the San Francisco 49ers to a Super Bowl appearance.

apology from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.Sharpton spoke at George Floyd's funeral on Tuesday, and implored the National Football League to put Colin Kaepernick back in the game.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: It took almost four years — and the death of George Floyd and ensuing protests — for NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to acknowledge how badly football fumbled a chance to support the concerns of its minority players over police brutality, poverty and economic disparity in America, when QB Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the National Anthem.

Serena Williams' husband, Alexis Ohanian, has stepped down from the Reddit board.In a statement regarding his decision, Ohanian revealed, "I have urged them to fill my seat with a Black candidate, and I will use future gains on my Reddit stock to serve the Black community, chiefly to curb racial hate, and I’m starting with a pledge of $1M to Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp."Williams supported her husband's decision and tweeted, "Having diverse views on any boards is important.

Drew Brees was engulfed in controversy last week when the New Orleans Saints quarterback gave an interview with Yahoo! and addressed Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players protesting police violence against African-Americans by kneeling during the national anthem prior to football games.

Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian has resigned as a Reddit boardmember and called on officials to fill his seat with a black candidate to help “curb racial hate”.The tech mogul, who co-founded the social news aggregation site, announced the move in an impassioned statement on Friday, revealing he wanted to do more to support the black community in honour of Alexis Olympia, the two-year-old daughter he shares with tennis icon Williams, who is black.

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian confirmed he was resigning Friday.

NFL players taking a knee during the National Anthem and raising of the American flag has never got as much attention — and shifts in opinion — as it has in the past 48 hours. It started out when New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees in a June 3 interview said, “I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America” by kneeling.

Its been three long seasons that talented quarterback Colin Kaepernick, 32, has gone without being hired by an NFL team, but that could be changing. He was labelled a controversial distraction by some league higher-ups after he began taking a knee during the National Anthem in his 2016 season with the San Francisco 49ers.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday in a video posted to the NFL’s Twitter account. “We, the NFL, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest.”Goodell’s comments did not specifically mention the player protests of silently taking a knee during the national anthem that was started by Colin Kaepernick during the 2016 season, nor did Kapernick’s name come up at all.