Across
- 4. This top olympic gymnast sat the 2020 Olympics out for mental health reasons.
- 6. This quarterback protested against police brutality by kneeling during the pre-game playing of the national anthem
- 7. This boxer who fought in the 1950s and 60s was part of anti-war movement
- 8. This tennis player was shown crip-walking during Kendrick Lamar's super bowl halftime show.
- 10. NBA Star and one of the first players to boycott a game as a civil rights protest
- 11. The first player to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball on April 15, 1947
Down
- 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. This boxer has been outspoken about mental health and wellness
- 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.
- 5. World Cup champion who pushed for equal pay
- 9. This football player broke racial boundaries in football while playing for Syracuse University