[[tmz:video id="0_12kgpors"]] Al Sharpton says Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem protest reminds him of Jackie Robinson -- because the Mlb legend also said he refused to stand for "The Star-Spangled Banner." It's true ... As Sharpton pointed out in NYC Wednesday, Robinson made his feelings clear in his 1972 autobiography, 'I Never Had It Made.' "As I write this twenty years [after my Mlb debut], I cannot stand and sing the anthem," Robinson wrote ... "I cannot salute the flag; I know that...
- 9/1/2016
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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