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The shorthand phrase for this is "breaking the color barrier". [1] [2] The world of sports generally is invoked in the frequently cited example of Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player in 1947, after 60 years of segregated Negro leagues. [3]
Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football is a documentary about athletes Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley and Bill Willis.They helped break down the barriers that existed for black athletes in professional football.
Other NFL owners emulated Marshall's whites-only policy to mollify southern fans, and even after the NFL's color barrier had been broken in the 1950s, Marshall's Washington Redskins remained all-white until forced to integrate by the Kennedy administration in 1962. [13]
The NFL introduced the concept of the blue tent in 2017, ... Every aspect of the creation of the tent, including the color, is carefully considered. The calming blue hue, chosen by the league, is ...
Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb has had another major injury setback. The 28-year-old, who has had a tricky injury history, was ruled out of Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs ...
DK Metcalf’s football career looked like it might have been over before it really began when he suffered a serious neck injury in college.
Although the color barrier was broken in all major American sports by 1950, the men endured shouted insults on the field and racial discrimination off of it. "They found out that while they were calling us niggers and alligator bait, I was running for touchdowns and Willis was knocking the shit out of them", Motley once said.
Details of the history of black players in professional American football depend on the professional football league considered, which includes the National Football League (NFL); the American Football League (AFL), a rival league from 1960 through 1969 which eventually merged with the NFL; and the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which existed from 1946 to 1949.