The Black Athlete

By Louis Moore and Derrick WhiteSports

The Black Athlete episodes

September 18 Protect College Sports Act
In this episode, we discuss the latest on the Protect College Sports Act. We briefly go over the history of college athletics and the government's role in protecting the NCAA, and we give our opinions on the problems with the legislation.
58 min
September 09 Kaepernick 10 Years Later
In our latest episode, we discuss the Kap effect 10 years later. We look at what we thought then and what's going on now. As a side note, this recording would have been published a bit ago, but life got in the way.
1 hr 1 min
July 01 America 250 and the Black Athlete
In this episode, we look at the concept of America 250 and the meaning of the Black Athlete. We look backwards to look forward about the state of the Black athlete today and beyond.
1 hr 19 min
June 24 2026 World Cup and the Black Diaspora
In this episode, we have super guest, Dr. Jermaine Scott, joining us to breakdown the Black representation in the World Cup.
1 hr 21 min
June 17 Knicks in Five
In this episode, we discuss the meaning of the Knicks winning their first championship since 1973. We give some brief historical context and our view on the importance of this championship.
1 hr 2 min
May 16 Boycott the SEC?
In this episode, we discuss the latest conversation about Black athletes and their role in protesting the latest wave of disenfranchising Black voters. We ask what it would look like if they boycott the SEC?
1 hr 10 min
April 22 More Than An Athlete
In this episode, we bring on scholar Robert Bennett III to talk about his new book More Than An Athlete: Jim Brown, Black Capitalism, and the Black Economic Union. During the conversation we discuss the past, present, and future of Black athlete activism.
1 hr 11 min
April 09 From Dawn to LeBron
In this episode, we talk about the Final Four and the controversy surrounding Dawn Staley and Geno Auriema. We follow that with our thoughts on LeBron James and his suggestions that the NBA should move the Memphis franchise to Nashville.
1 hr 9 min
February 26 Howard Bryant, Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America
In this episode, we are joined by the award winning author Howard Bryant, who hopped on the pod to talk about his new book, Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America. Bryant gets in depth about research, why he wrote this book, and what we should take away. Stay for the whole time, because at the end we get his take on baseball's Hall of Fame.
1 hr 24 min
February 16 From the Super Bowl to the NBA All-Star Game
In this episode, we discuss all things from the Super Bowl to the NBA All-Star game and what they meant for Black Athletes. Of course, we dished on Bad Bunny. We also talked about the recent Peacock documentary, Field Generals, which is an excellent history about Black Quarterbacks.
1 hr 18 min

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This is a podcast by Louis Moore and Derrick White. As trained historians and leading scholars on sports and race, we discuss the history of the black athlete in a contemporary conversation. Moore is…