1946- Before Jackie, Breaking Pro Football’s Color Line

Presentation October 8th, 630pm.  Football started in 1920 as an integrated sport. 14 seasons later not a single Black player was on any NFL team roster.  How did this happen? Hear how one team owner engineered the scheme and how four Black athletes busted his plan.

Presenter JOHN VORPERIAN is a cable TV Host, historian, writer, attorney, and a senior associate to the Jackie Robinson Project (JRP) at Tampa Bay International School (Clearwater FL).

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