Outside the Lines: African Americans and the Integration of the National Football League

Outside the Lines: African Americans and the Integration of the National Football League
ISBN-10
0814774954
ISBN-13
9780814774953
Series
Outside the Lines
Category
Social Science
Pages
220
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
NYU Press
Author
Charles K. Ross

Description

The 1904 to 1962 tale of the participation of African- Americans in the National Football League. Not drawing any grand conclusions, Ross (Afro-American studies and history, U. of Mississippi) tells stories of men like Charles Follis who played professionally until the growing commercialization of the sport allowed the white owners to ban African- Americans during World War II. The work ends with a discussion of the trends that led to the reintegration of the sport in the early 1960s. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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