Join us for our Continuing Paul Robeson's Legacy lecture featuring Michael Bennet on April 1st
Michael Bennett is a former NFL player, activist, author, and designer. He played defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and New England Patriots. He won the Super Bowl with the Seahawks in 2014, 2014. He has been an outspoken activist on racial and social justice- on the frontline of the BLM movements and Black-Palestinian solidarity. In 2018, Bennett authored Things Uncomfortable, along with Dave Zirin and published by Haymarket Books. Upon retiring from the NFL in 2020, Bennett launched a new career in design. He earned graduate degrees at the Heritage School of Design in Seattle and the University of Hawaii’s School of Architecture and founded the Design Practice Studio Ker in 2024. That same year, Bennett debuted his first exhibition, an 11-piece collection of sculptural furniture, “We Gotta Get Back to the Crib,” based on his exploration of the Black home and its connection to the African diasporic design language.