Protesting is a family affair for this Louisville mom and daughter
voices of the Black Lives Matter protests in Louisville against police brutality and the systemic racism that produced it.
Drake is a veteran activist and a spoken word artist. She’s written 11 books on such topics as racism, politics, social justice, feminism and love. Her poetry has earned a legion of fans, including former First Lady Michelle Obama and Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback. Kaepernick’s NFL career has been sidelined since 2017 for, as The New York Times put, engaging in the “simple, silent gesture” of kneeling during the playing of the national anthem to protest police killings of black people.
Drake is a veteran activist and a spoken word artist. She’s written 11 books on such topics as racism, politics, social justice, feminism and love. Her poetry has earned a legion of fans, including former First Lady Michelle Obama and Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback. Kaepernick’s NFL career has been sidelined since 2017 for, as The New York Times put, engaging in the “simple, silent gesture” of kneeling during the playing of the national anthem to protest police killings of black people.