Tag: George Preston Marshall
Stewart Udall Changed The NFL’s Washington’s Team Segregation Policy
A new stadium was the catalyst.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H1i3ZiDXHo
February is BlackHistory Month and in 1962, there was a very significant change in NFL culturethat should be noted....
MLK Day And A Look BackÂ
Leagues and colleges did not want Negro athletes,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GeU4QN6Vgg
The national celebration of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is today. King became involved...
Some Overdue Changes In Washington and Landover, Maryland
Marshall ran afoul of JFK.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFO2qGdcBAI
Some sports wrongs were righted in Washington, DC and Landover,Maryland. Events DC removed a statue of one-time Washington NFL owner...
The Kennedy White House Forced The NFL To Totally Integrate
One of JFK's major civil rights victories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN5Ez2F_X_k
February is Black History Month and in 1962, there was a very significant change in...
The Civil Rights Movement And Sports During Martin Luther King’s Activist...
A look back at the 1950s and 1960s.Â
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQfw8QodyRQ
The Reverend Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born 91 years old today. He became very...
D.C. Stadium And The Civil Rights Movement
The bully pulpit worked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJEOdJkFVgM
Washington’s D. C. Stadium will be gone within two years but it should have been designated as a historical site defining...
Sports During King’s Civil Rights’ Movement Days Were Different
Washington was the last NFL to hire a Negro player in 1962.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgFekxzkv9I&t=2s
It has been more than 50 years since the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther...
Negro Players Struggles In The 1950s When Dr. King Joined The...
In Martin Luther King's day, sports of the 1950s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y0uLN6bPoY
It has been nearly 50 years since the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was gunned...
JFK’s Sports Legacy: Boosting the NFL
JFK's big contribution to $ports
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYp8essm7-o&t=57s
Fifty four years today, President John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin on a Dallas street. Historians are still...
