SOC 302 Unit I Extra Credit

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Across
  1. 4. This top olympic gymnast sat the 2020 Olympics out for mental health reasons.
  2. 6. This quarterback protested against police brutality by kneeling during the pre-game playing of the national anthem
  3. 7. This boxer who fought in the 1950s and 60s was part of anti-war movement
  4. 8. This tennis player was shown crip-walking during Kendrick Lamar's super bowl halftime show.
  5. 10. NBA Star and one of the first players to boycott a game as a civil rights protest
  6. 11. The first player to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball on April 15, 1947
Down
  1. 1. two African-American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, raised their fists in a salute to Black Power on the podium in the 1968 Mexico City olympic games.
  2. 2. This boxer has been outspoken about mental health and wellness
  3. 3. This American football player was acquitted for the murder of his ex wife and friend as a political response to the outcome of a racially-charged trial of police officers accused of excessively beating Rodney King.
  4. 5. World Cup champion who pushed for equal pay
  5. 9. This football player broke racial boundaries in football while playing for Syracuse University