Tag: Jim Crow
SUPER BOWL SUNDAY: An Act Of Congress Created The Biggest Game...
The NFL traded a franchise for a vote.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyJzR9JFIng
The Super Bowl is an American celebration, a slice of Americana, where a football game becomes the...
Sports During The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Lifetime
Jim Crow was alive and well between 1929 and 1968.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYzXE0uii08
Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day will be celebrated in NBA arenas and across...
Bill Russell, Civil Rights Leader, NBA Player Dead At 88
Russell took a civil rights stand in 1961.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev66ieSkfQ8
Bill Russell, who passed away at the age of 88, was certainly one of professional basketball's greatest...
Jim Crow And Congress Played A Role In The Super Bowl...
The Super Bowl emerged from the ruins of a never played All Star Game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqjOjd1ufQo
The Super Bowl did not exist before 1967. It took an...
Discrimination In Sports Was Common When MLK Became A Civil Right...
Quotas existed and some teams didn't bother signing black athletes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNu7AYbn1BY
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations are taking place at various venues...
African American Athletes Started Protesting In 1961
The protests were about inequality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeIonZpvMUQ
February is Black History Month and it was in the 1960s that African-American athletes decided they could protest and speak...
It Took An Act Of Congress To Create The Super Bowl
Jim Crow New Orleans played a significant role.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVSyWA7tLa4
The Super Bowl is an unofficial American holiday where a football game becomes the focal point of...
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...
Meet The Super Bowl’s Parents
How the Super Bowl was created. Â
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zio_cRvI9Dk
The Super Bowl is an American celebration, a slice of Americana,
where a football game becomes the focal...
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...
