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Outside the lines : African Americans and the integration of the National Football League /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [1999]
Subjects:
National Football League > History.
Discrimination in sports > United States > History.
African American football players > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Kickoff : the first Black pro
  • Early Black pioneers : from Fritz Pollard to Joe Lillard
  • Invisible men : the NFL color barrier
  • Reintegration : Washington, Strode, Willis, and Motley
  • First and ten : the early years of reintegration
  • New league with old rules : "the golden decade of the 1950s"
  • Touchdown : the integration of the Washington Redskins
  • Epilogue : the state of the game.