'Why did I do it?' Kaepernick's book will reportedly answer that question, and more.
The former San Francisco 49ers quarterback hasn’t given many interviews in the four years since he became a political lightning rod after protesting police brutality and social injustice against minorities by kneeling during the national anthem at NFL games. But this week he’s both given an interview to USA Today and announced that he’s releasing a memoir under his own publishing company in partnership with the Amazon-owned AMZN, -0.47% Audible.
“Why did I do it? Why did I do it at that moment? Why wasn’t it earlier in my career?” His still-untitled memoir, described as “part political awakening and part memoir” in a press release, will “reveal the life experiences that led him to risk his career as a star NFL Super Bowl quarterback in one silent act of protest.”
So in that spirit, Kaepernick Publishing will be dedicated to promoting writers of color, and “give power to black and brown voices globally, offering unprecedented ownership options to collaborators and bringing greater diversity and representation to literature and spoken word.” His activism off the field has also included creating the Know Your Rights Campaign, which hosts camps to raise awareness on higher education, self-empowerment and instructions on how to properly interact with law enforcement in various scenarios. And he signed an endorsement contract with Nike NKE, +0.
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