b'Last week, the NFL announced a new policy to penalize players who kneel during the national anthem. The announcement drew fresh attention to the century-old tightrope that outspoken black athletes \\u2014 from Floyd Patterson to Rose Robinson to Colin Kaepernick \\u2013 have had to walk in order to compete and live by their principles.
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