Before Kaepernick, The 'Syracuse 8' Were Blackballed
By Pro Football15:46
May 31, 2019
Karen Given Shira Springer
This story originally aired in November 2017.
They met in secret, away from their white coaches and teammates.
"We used to meet at midnight," former Syracuse football player Dana Harrell says. "And we could have met earlier. But we used to meet at midnight, to lay out our thoughts and plans, just like the slaves."
Harrell was one of nine college football players the international media would — incorrectly — call the "Syracuse 8."
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https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/05/31/syracuse-8-football-boycott-kaepernick-2
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