Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali, LeBron James. All black athletes who strived for racial justice, using sports as their worldwide stage. In this episode, we discuss the less known black athletes who preformed one of the most powerful protests in sports history using the Olympic podium as their stage. The actions of their protest are still widely used to demonstrate black unity and peace. Sanctioned by the IOC as violent and unsporting, they were banned and ridiculed in their home country.

Social and racial inequality is usually fought by brave and iconic figures. This icon helped break down the racial barriers evidently put in place by the industry to promote segregation.

A child sensation who lived up to all his hype was the final piece of the puzzle which was put together by his predecessors. Listen and find out what is one of the most racist sports that marginalized people of colour for decades.