{"product_id":"the-perilous-fight-9781538777879","title":"The Perilous Fight by Kaepernick, Colin","description":"\u003cb\u003eA defining and uncompromising memoir from Super Bowl quarterback and renowned civil rights activist, Colin Kaepernick.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A candid, observant, generous chronicle of his development as an elite, suddenly dispensable NFL quarterback and also of the relentless, high-profile civil rights warrior he's become.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eStarred Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn September 1, 2016, Colin Kaepernick took a knee during \"The Star Spangled Banner,\" but the world never fully understood the whole story. Not the \"why\" or the cost of his courage. That story begins in Turlock, California, where Kaepernick, a Black kid adopted into a white family, navigated constant resistance to His Blackness and sense of self. Sports became his refuge and his proving ground, where his talent could not be questioned. The extraordinary result? A quarterback whose arm and instincts would carry him to the Super Bowl and into history books. But with success came an education he hadn't anticipated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fraught world of sports politics, he saw the hidden powerhouses pulling the strings. Steeled with the readings of Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Huey P. Newton, and Angela Davis, he saw in the NFL, in Turlock, in the repeated, unpunished police killings of Black and Brown Americans, an undeniable truth revealed: this was not someone else's fight. It was his. It is ours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Kaepernick knelt, the NFL blackballed him. But in the ten years since, the questions his protest raise have not gone away. In \u003ci\u003eThe Perilous Fight, \u003c\/i\u003e Kaepernick delivers his story with the same unflinching conviction that defined his most-watched moment, a single act of protest that changed American sports and culture forever. And ultimately, it is a story about the future we are all still fighting to build.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin Kaepernick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Legacy Lit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 5.71w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538777879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Kaepernick\u003c\/b\u003e is a Super Bowl quarterback who holds the all-time NFL record for most rushing yards in a game by a quarterback. He is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, and civil rights activist. He is the founder of the Know Your Rights Camp, Kaepernick Media (Formerly Ra Vision Media), and Kaepernick Publishing, and Lumi Story AI. He has been awarded Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award, the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, the ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science, and Sports, the ACLU Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award, and numerous others for his work in athletics and advocacy. His show, \u003ci\u003eColin in Black and White\u003c\/i\u003e, co-produced by Ava DuVernay, has won two NAACP Awards, his Nike \"Dream Crazy\" has won an Emmy, and he's been featured in \u003ci\u003eGQ, Men's Health, TIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTonight Show with Jimmy Fallon\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Legacy Lit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49039562047641,"sku":"9781538777879","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9781538777879.jpg?v=1789593041","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/the-perilous-fight-9781538777879","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}