Colin Kaepernick<\/a> will be publishing his life story.<\/p>\nThe activist and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback has completed \u201cThe Perilous Fight,\u201d to come out Sept. 15 through the Hachette Book Group imprint Legacy Lit. His memoir will come out almost exactly 10 years after he knelt before a preseason game, a protest against police violence and racial inequality that was emulated by some players and criticized by politicians, team owners and fans, some of whom booed him and burned his jersey.<\/p>\n
Kaepernick, who has not played in the NFL since 2016, said in a statement that he wanted to offer context for what led to his taking a knee. Before that, he had remained seated during the anthem.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople saw the moment. But they didn\u2019t see the years that made it possible: the questions about who I was; the injustices I could no longer ignore; the voices of those who came before me that I carried into that stadium,\u201d Kaepernick said in a statement released Tuesday. \u201cThat journey, from a Black kid navigating an identity the world didn\u2019t always make space for, to an athlete who realized the game was bigger than football, shaped everything. When I took a knee, it wasn\u2019t a sudden act.\u201d<\/p>\n
Legacy Lit is calling the book \u201cequal parts memoir and manifesto,\u201d tracing \u201cthe off-the-field battles that turned a single act of protest into a movement that changed American sports and culture forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kaepernick, 38, played six years for the 49ers and helped lead them to an appearance in the Super Bowl in 2013. Baltimore won the game 34-31.<\/p>\n
Kaepernick has spoken out often on social issues, launched his own publishing imprint and co-written the picture story \u201cWe Are Free, You & Me\u201d and the graphic novel \u201cChange the Game.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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