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

Outside the Lines traces how sports laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating sports teams to include white and black athletes alike, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the...

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Main Author: Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New York : New York University Press, ©1999.
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245 1 0 |a Outside the lines :  |b African Americans and the integration of the National Football League /  |c Charles K. Ross. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
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520 |a Outside the Lines traces how sports laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating sports teams to include white and black athletes alike, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows, the trials and triumphs, of racial integration. Watching a football game on a Sunday evening, most sports fans do not realize the profound impact the National Football League had on the civil rights movement. Similarly, in a sport where seven out of ten players are black, few are ful. 
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650 0 |a African American football players  |v Biography. 
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