Outside the Lines : : African Americans and the Integration of the National Football League / / Charles K. Ross.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Ross, Charles K.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 Kickoff: The First Black Pro --; 2 Early Black Pioneers: From Fritz Pollard to Joe Lillard --; 3 Invisible Men: The NFL Color Barrier --; 4 Reintegration: Washington, Strode, Willis, and Motley --; 5 First and Ten: The Early Years of Reintegration --; 6 A New League with Old Rules: “The Golden Decade of the 1950s” --; 7 Touchdown: The Integration of the Washington Redskins --; Epilogue: The State of the Game --; Appendix: African Americans in Pro Football, 1904–1962 --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814769058; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814769058.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Charles K. Ross.

Outside the Lines traces how sports laid a foundation for social change long before the judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating sports teams to include white and black athletes alike, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows, the trials and triumphs, of racial integration. Watching a football game on a Sunday evening, most sports fans do not realize the profound impact the National Football League had on the civil rights movement. Similarly, in a sport where seven out of ten players are black, few are fully aware of the history and contributions of their athletic forebears. Among the touchdowns and tackles lies a rich history of African American life and the struggle to achieve equal rights. Although the Supreme Court did not reverse their 1896 decision of "separate but equal" in the Plessy v Ferguson case until more than fifty years later, sports laid a foundation for social change long before our judicial system formally recognized the inequalities of racial separation. Integrating sports teams to include white and black athletes alike, the National Football League served as a microcosmic fishbowl of the highs and lows, the trials and triumphs, of racial integration. In this chronicle of black NFL athletes, Charles K. Ross has given us the story of the Jackie Robinsons of American football.