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Showdown JFK and the integration of the Washington Redskins /

"In 1961--as America crackled with racial tension--the Washington Redskins stood alone as the only professional football team without a black player on its roster. In fact, during the entire twenty-five-year history of the franchise, no African American had ever played for George Preston Marsha...

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Main Author: Smith, Thomas G. 1945-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2011]
Physical Description: ix, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Kennedy, John F. -- (John Fitzgerald), -- 1917-1963 -- Relations with African Americans.
Washington Redskins (Football team) -- History -- 20th century.
African American football players -- Civil rights -- Washington (D.C.)
Racism in sports -- Washington (D.C.)
Discrimination in sports -- Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 20th century.
Washington (D.C.) -- Race relations.
Washington (D.C.) -- History.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : "Redskins told: integrate or else"
  • Boston beginnings
  • Out of bounds
  • The Redskins march
  • Leveling the field
  • The Washington Whiteskins
  • The owner, the journalist, and the hustler
  • The black blitz
  • The new frontier
  • Showdown
  • Hail victory
  • Running out the clock.

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