Race, law, and the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the National Football League’s championship game, an advertising extravaganza in which 100 million television viewers are expected to watch the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles compete for the Lombardi trophy. However, the Super Bowl was not always the NFL’s championship game. In its earliest days, the Super Bowl pitted the NFL champion against the champions of a completely different league: the American Football League. The rivalry between the NFL and AFL is not only an interesting chapter in sports history, but also a turning point in the racial dynamics of professional football, one with ramifications that are still felt today. The NFL first began play in the 1920s as a disorganized collection of midwestern semi-pro teams, most of which have long since faded into the mists of time, including the Canton Bulldogs, the Kenosha Maroons, and the Columbus Panhandles. But two of the bedrock franchises, the Green Bay Packers and…

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