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Nick Wagoner

ESPN 49ers reporter who covered Kaepernick's shift from sitting to kneeling with Nate Boyer.

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Documents how a protest gesture was revised for public intelligibility.

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From a Seat to a Knee: How Colin Kaepernick and Nate Boyer Are Trying to Affect Change

Nick Wagoner. "From a Seat to a Knee: How Colin Kaepernick and Nate Boyer Are Trying to Affect Change." ESPN.com, September 2016, https://www.espn.com/blog/san-francisco-49ers/post/_/id/19253/from-a-seat-to-a-knee-how-colin-kaepernick-and-nate-boyer-are-trying-to-affect-change.

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