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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Head coach Tom Flores and his Los Angeles Raiders prepare for battle against the San Diego Chargers during a game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on September 28, 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The Raiders won 17-13. (George Rose/Getty Images)
INDIAN WELLS, CA Four-time Super Bowl champion and Coachella Valley resident Tom Flores will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Aug. 8 in Canton, Ohio. It s hard to put it into words what this moment means, the 83-year- old Flores said in a video interview posted to Raiders.com. It s just a great honor to be in that room with all those gold jackets.
Kansas City Chiefs outside linebacker Damien Wilson during practice as they prepare for Super Bowl against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Kansas City, US on Feb 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
Super Bowl Sunday, normally a day bubbling with excitement across the US and overseas, will be quite different this year.
The championship game of the National Football League (NFL), which features the Tampa Bay Buccaneers versus the Kansas City Chiefs, will not be played before a capacity crowd because of social distancing measures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
There will be 25,000 fans and 30,000 cardboard cutouts in attendance at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, for the 6:30 pm ET game Sunday, the NFL announced Tuesday. The stadium s regular capacity is 65,857.