Legacy Sports Media (Final Campaign)

      “LIVE YOUR LEGACY” Final Campaign         Introduction:  For many generations, African Americans were barred from any sort of leisure activity in American society. Whether this was stepping inside to get a cold drink and something to eat or going to a sporting event or even playing in said event, this large population of American citizens were treated like second class member of society, but as time went on African Americans started to gain more respect and received more human rights that were given to other members of American society.  One of the first ways that African Americans started to gain respect in American society is through sports. Sports has always meant something more. Sports was a way for these people to use their voice. One of the greatest examples of this is during the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games where sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos wore black gloves and socks on the medal podium to protest civil rights ...