Saga of NFL's African-American pioneers is an untold story

The story of Jackie Robinson's struggle to integrate Major League Baseball is told in a library full of books and a multiplex worth of movies and documentaries detailing its impact on the sport and American culture.

The story of the NFL's African-American pioneers, however, remains largely forgotten.

When the league sprang up in the early 1920s, Fritz Pollard was among its first stars. He was the first African-American coach, too. And, ... Full Story »

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Patricia L'Herrou
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Feb. 25, 2009

this is a summary of when african-american players and coaches became part of football leagues in the u.s. the article offers some explanation why this history is nowhere near as well-known as the jackie robinson story yet perhaps not enough. bringing up the (informal) ban on that integration for a number of years offers no discussion about why the l.a. coliseum mandated it nor if the war had an effect. still it's important that a newspaper's sporting news begins to point out this part of our history which may bring it into more widespread knowledge.

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