WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 24: Colin Kaepernick is awarded by Deborah Archer (R), ACLU Board President, with the newly-established ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in the Arts, Business, Science and Sports at the ACLU Awards Ceremony at Washington Hilton on July 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)