A 'Showdown' That Changed Football's Racial History

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A 'Showdown' That Changed Football's Racial History

A 'Showdown' That Changed Football's Racial History


Much of the NFL integrated in the 1940s. The Washington Redskins held out until 1962. In a new book, historian Thomas G. Smith writes about how it took an ultimatum from the Kennedy administration to allow blacks into pro football in the nation's capital.
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