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On Opening Day, Every Baseball Player Took A Knee To Support Black Lives Matter Movement

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Yahoo! Sports reports, in which they all took a knee while lifting a black banner.The players knelt on one knee, a move made popular in 2016 by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick to protest police brutality and racial injustice.

A social injustice video, recorded by Morgan Freeman, played on screens and BLM stencils appeared on the mound at both stadiums.

The entire Yankees roster and many Nationals have taken a knee after a Morgan Freeman narrated audio clip of unity was played: pic.twitter.com/I3i4Tkr8POIt was a huge moment for Major League Baseball, since they, unlike the WNBA, NBA and NFL, have been slow to publicly participate in demonstrations.

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