‘Make People Start Talking:’ Tennis and Racial Injustice Protests

By Stephen G. Hall

Naomi Osaka withdraws to protest racial injustice; tennis put on pause (Yahoo Sports, 8/27/2020)

With Naomi Osaka Leading the Way, Tennis Suspends Play to Protest Racial Justice (Vogue, 8/27/2020)

Western and Southern Open suspends entire day of play in racial injustice protest (The Guardian, 8/27/2020)

US Open winner Osaka hints at more race activism (Yahoo Sports, 9/12/2020)

Naomi Osaka While Rallying for Social Justice, Wins U.S. Open Title (The New York Times, 9/12/2020)

Osaka ‘a Jesse Owens of Japan’ for racial injustice stand (Reuters, 9/12/2020)

U.S. Open women’s final features Naomi Osaka’s masks, Black hair and a bold cultural statement (NBC News, 9/12/2020)

Naomi Osaka harnesses US Open spotlight to fight for racial justice (Deccan Herald, 9/13/2020)

Naomi Osaka Says She Wore 7 Masks About Black Lives During This Year’s US Open to ‘Make People Start Talking’ (Time, 9/13/2020)

Tennis Champion Naomi Osaka brings racial justice to her Grand Slam win (Richmond Free Press, 9/17/2020)

When Black Athletes protest, they are doing emotional labor (The Washington Post, 9/17/2020)

Milfred F. Mitzi Swan, a participant in the historic 1948 desegregation of Druid Hill Park tennis courts, dies (The Baltimore Sun, 9/17/2020)

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Previously published on Historianspeaks.org.

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