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Showdown : JFK and the integration of the Washington Redskins /

In 1961, as America crackled with racial tension, the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marshall, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Thomas G. (Thomas Gary), 1945-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Washington Redskins (Football team) > History > 20th century.
African American football players > Civil rights > Washington (D.C.)
Racism in sports > Washington (D.C.)
Discrimination in sports > Washington (D.C.)
Kennedy, John F. > (John Fitzgerald), > 1917-1963 > Relations with African Americans.
Washington (D.C.) > History > 20th century.
Washington (D.C.) > Race relations.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : "Redskins told: integrate or else"
  • Boston beginnings
  • Out of bounds
  • The Redskins march
  • Leveling the field
  • The Washington Whiteskins
  • The owner, the journalist, and the hustler
  • The black blitz
  • The new frontier
  • Showdown
  • Hail victory
  • Running out the clock.