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Watch: Panel Discussion on Activism in Athletics

On Jan. 20, 2021, former NBA player and author of “We Matter: Athletes and Activism” Etan Thomas was the main speaker during a virtual panel held as part of Duke’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration.

Director of Basketball Operations & Player Development Nolan Smith moderated the discussion on the current wave of athletes’ social justice activism, which also featured panelists Jenna Frush (Master of Theological Studies and Duke medical student and former Duke women’s basketball player) and Mark Anthony Neal (James B. Duke Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of African and African American Studies).

The event was sponsored by the 2021 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=DOS6zUegpPc&feature=youtu.be