Colin Kaepernick's New Book Gets Release Date, 10 Years After Taking Knee During USA National Anthem

Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has written a book, "The Perilous Fight," that will be released on Sept. 15, just over 10 years after he first took a knee during the American national anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality.

Legacy Lit, which is publishing the book, delivered more information in a press release that dropped Tuesday.

"Kaepernick delivers his story with the same unflinching conviction that defined the moment the world watched. Equal parts memoir and manifesto, it traces the off-the-field battles that turned a single act of protest into a movement that changed American sports and culture forever. This is the story of a man who became someone the moment demanded. It is a story about identity, sacrifice, and the cost of courage. And it is, ultimately, a story about all of us and the future we are still fighting to build."

Kaepernick also released comments.

"People saw the moment. But they didn't see the years that made it possible: the questions about who I was; the injustices I could no longer ignore; the voices of those who came before me that I carried into that stadium. That journey, from a Black kid navigating an identity the world didn't always make space for, to an athlete who realized the game was bigger than football, shaped everything. When I took a knee, it wasn't a sudden act. It was the result of years of becoming. And what came after taught me the most important truth: this fight has never belonged to one person. It belongs to all of us. We fight for each other. We build with each other. We must fight for justice and equity with the courage and clarity this moment demands. That is how we build a future worth fighting for."

This is not Kaepernick's first foray into writing. In 2019, he created Kaepernick Publishing, which "strives to elevate a new generation of writers with diverse views and voices through the creation of powerful works of all genres that can build a better and more just world."

He wrote I Color Myself Different (2022) and co-wrote Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (2023) and We Are Free, You & Me (2024).