Black History Month, Before Colin Kaepernick, there was Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf

Every day during Black History Month, SI is paying homage to unsung heroes in black sports history.Two decades before Colin Kaepernick, point guard Mahmoud

Every day during Black History Month, SI is paying homage to unsung heroes in black sports history.Two decades before Colin Kaepernick, point guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf refused to stand for the national anthem, calling the American flag a symbol of oppression and tyranny. SI remembers the story of one of the sport’s great activists.