Four Men, Two Teams, and the Breaking of Pro Football’s Color Line
by
Gretchen Atwood
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The story of the integration of professional football--the year before Jackie Robinson did the same for baseball--has been overlooked for too long.
Many know the story of Jackie Robinson integrating major league baseball in 1947. But few know that the NFL integrated a year earlier, when Kenny...