Black quarterbacks will lead both teams in Sunday’s Super Bowl. But for much of pro football history, Black players were steered away from the position because of racist assumptions.
Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts Represent Progress and Lost Opportunity for Black Quarterbacks
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Black People, Canadian Football League, Carolina Panthers, Discrimination, Draft and Recruitment (Sports), Football, Grambling State University, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hurts, Jalen (1998- ), Mahomes, Patrick (1995- ), Michigan State University, Moon, Warren, National Football League, Onree Jackson, Pollard, Fritz, Race and Ethnicity, Robinson, Eddie, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, University of Alabama