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hexola

(4,835 posts) Thu Sep 28, 2017, 01:17 PM Sep 2017

Black NFL players did not stand for the National Anthem before games from 1934-1945

Because there were no black NFL players!!!

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Black NFL players did not stand for the National Anthem before games from 1934-1945 (Original Post) hexola Sep 2017 OP

Kenny Washington underpants Sep 2017 #1

1945? Sounds early to me. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #2

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1. Kenny Washington

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Thu Sep 28, 2017, 01:22 PM

Sep 2017

When the NFL started, in the 1920s, a handful of African Americans played in the new league. But from 1934 to 1946, there were no black players in the NFL. There wasn’t an official rule against them, but there was an unwritten understanding among the teams. The teams would not allow African Americans into the league.

When the NFL started, in the 1920s, a handful of African Americans played in the new league. But from 1934 to 1946, there were no black players in the NFL. There wasn’t an official rule against them, but there was an unwritten understanding among the teams. The teams would not allow African Americans into the league.

Washington also played baseball for the UCLA Bruins. He hit .454 and .350 during his two varsity seasons. His teammate on the UCLA football and baseball teams was … Jackie Robinson. The head coach at UCLA’s top rival, the University of Southern California, said Washington was a more skilled baseball player than Robinson.

Washington finally got his chance to play in the NFL in 1946. The Cleveland Rams had relocated to Los Angeles. The Rams agreed to allow African American players on the team after local black newspapers and the city’s stadium commission pressured the team to integrate (mix black and white players).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/kenny-washington-paved-way-for-black-players-in-nfl/2014/02/19/063ad55e-98c2-11e3-80ac-63a8ba7f7942_story.html?utm_term=.b5170e114d3e

Eliot Rosewater

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2. 1945? Sounds early to me.

Reply to hexola (Original post)

Thu Sep 28, 2017, 01:22 PM

Sep 2017

Good ole days, them black folk knew their place.

They knew that to be good citizens they needed to work their asses off, pay taxes, never talk back, and always move off the sidewalk if a decent "white" family came walking down the same sidewalk.

Now occasionally one of em would get uppity so the good white folk would lynch his ass

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