On “400 Years: Taking The Knee,” writer and BBC radio presenter Dotun Adebayo narrates the many stories of black resistance to oppression.
From the Jamaican national hero Nanny of the Maroons, to the NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, the documentary celebrates individuals who fought and struggled against colonialism, slavery, and their legacies.
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Colin Kaepernick (undated photo)
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Tommie Smith and John Carlos, hold their fists up with black gloves on, during the U.S. national anthem, Olympics 1968.
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"I Am A Man" Memphis sanitation strike in 1968.
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Muhammad Ali (right) holds a newspaper and points to the headline that reads, "30,000 March in Viet Protest." Rozaa Rio, a recording artist from Chicago, sits next to him, 1966.
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John Lewis served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020. (undated photo)
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Malcolm X, 1925 – 1965. He was a Muslim minister and activist in the American civil rights movement. (undated photo)
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Martin Luther King, Jr. (undated photo)
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James Baldwin (1924–1987), a writer and participant in the American civil rights movement. (undated photo)
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James Baldwin and Medgar Evers (undated photo) were activists in the American civil rights movement.
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Pauline Henriques and Samuel Selvon reading a story during the weekly Caribbean Voices program in 1952 on BBC.
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Mona Baptiste, blues singer/ musician, June 1948
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Booker T Washington, 1856 -1915. He was an educator, leader and advised several U.S. presidents. (undated photo)
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Rosa Parks on a bus, Montgomery, Alabama 1956.
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Frederick Douglass (undated photo) was born into slavery in 1818, but escaped as a young man and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement to end slavery.
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Graphic featuring Jamaican national hero Nanny of the Maroons
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Graphic featuring Nat Turner
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Graphic featuring Toussaint Louverture
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Graphic featuring Harriet Tubman
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Graphic featuring Sojourner Truth
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Graphic featuring Ignatius Sancho
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3DD Entertainment/ distributed by American Public Television
