Boston Red Sox

Jackie Robinson

How did the color barrier prevent black baseball players from playing in Major League Baseball before 1947? Baseball was segregated. Until 1947, black- and brown-skinned players were in the Negro Leagues, while whites played in the Majors. It gave Rickey an idea of how well he’d do in the Major Leagues.

Moses Fleetwood Walker

Second, the number of Black coordinators has increased from 17 to 25, thanks in part to a new policy that stops clubs from blocking assistant coaches from interviewing for coordinator positions elsewhere, or even making what some would technically view as lateral moves when they are actually promotions.

He joins the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Mike Tomlin and the Miami Dolphins’ Brian Flores as the NFL’s only Black head coaches, with Super Bowl-winning offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy of the Kansas City Chiefs snubbed after the third consecutive year of receiving multiple interviews, to the surprise and dismay of many in …

White players make up only 24.9 percent of the NFL, compared with 57.5 percent of players who identify as Black or African American.

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