By Rory Carroll(Reuters) - A memorial to late Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, who fought against the racial integration of the National Football League, was removed from RFK Stadium on Friday, the company in charge of the property said. Although NFL teams signed individual Black players as early as 1946, Marshall refused until the federal government stepped in and, in 1962, Hall of Famer Bobby Mitchell joined the team. The Post said Redskins team owner Dan Snyder should make the change after the death of George Floyd, a Black man, in police custody in Minneapolis last month set off widespread protests against racial inequality. The Redskins did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Minnesota Twins took down a statue in front of their ballpark honoring their racist late team owner Calvin Griffith on Friday.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2024 20:09 UTC