Nike have unveiled their boot collection for Black History Month (February 2015), and have asked six athletes to don their new designs. Schalke and Ghana midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng is their representative for soccer and will be donning a special edition Nike Mercurial Superfly boot, with Theotis Beasley, Jerry Rice, Brianna Rollins, C. Vivian Stringer and John Thompson being the other sportspeople to wear special Nike footwear in their respective sports.
Boateng has taken an active stand against racism in the past, and led his teammates off the field against Pro Patria when he was playing for AC Milan. He has even mentioned that “he would prepared to walk off in a World Cup final”