Dr. Tracie Canada Honors Football Moms in Essence

In her Mother’s day article titled, “The Mothers Who Built the Game: Honoring Black Women’s Labor in Football,” in Essence Magazine, Dr. Tracie Canada (CulAnth) calls for greater attention to be paid to the ways Black mothers care for their football playing sons. Dr. Canada talks about the ways that Black football moms are often valorized by the media around Mother’s Day, but seemingly invisible from conversations about their impact on their football-playing sons’ sporting lives and professional careers. Read the whole article here.