Viola Davis narrates NFL integration story ahead of Super Bowl - TheGrio

Viola Davis narrates NFL integration story ahead of Super Bowl
NFL team owners met secretly to discuss a ban on Black players
Before Jackie, which aired during the Super Bowl pregame on Sunday, Academy Award-winner,
Viola Davis, recounted the moment when the NFL broke its unofficial color barrier which kept Black players out of the league for 13 years.
Many know that
Kenny Washington, the Black football player that re-integrated the NFL in 1946.
Although there were no color barriers in 1920 when the NFL was founded, there were only two Black players across the league’s 14 teams, and one of those players was Hall of Famer

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