Political Venue: The History of RFK Stadium, Part Three

Colored players need not applyWith the government already agreeing effectively to bail out the Redskins in the form of a new stadium, all that remained was to work out the details. The absence of black players happened to be one of those details. Curly R's special series on the history of RFK Stadium continues.Part One: Faded GloryPart Two: Government InterventionPart Three: Football and RacePart Four: MondayPart Five: TuesdayPart Six: WednesdayPart Seven: ThursdayReferences=====While the Redskins were struggling in the present, a famous and influential figure was examining the Redskins past. Senator John F. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, had been elected president in November 1960, upon taking office President Kennedy named his brother Robert, or Bobby, Kennedy as attorney general. Both the president and his brother were vocal proponents of civil rights and racial equality, the president having been in office as a senator during the passage of the first two major...