
Originally Posted by
outerbanks
Originally Posted by Nightman View Post
Even more racist was the fact that the Redskins organization was the last in the NFL to integrate their roster and only did so in 1961 so they could play in DC (now known as RFK) Stadium and only because Congress forced them to do so as shown in the NY Times article. Bobby Mitchell played with the Redskins for several years and then was relegated to a mostly ceremonial Assistant General Manager position with the team for over 20 years after that. DC Stadium was a to borrow a term from AllBallFan Fedeally "Welfare Funded Stadium" where DC United still plays soccer in that dump.