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Outside the lines : African Americans and the integration of the National Football League
Title:
Outside the lines : African Americans and the integration of the National Football League
Author:
Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964-
Publication Information:
New York : New York University Press, [1999]

©1999
Physical Description:
201 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
ISBN:
9780814774953
Format :
Book