At RFK Stadium in DC, the memorial to NFL owner George Preston Marshall, who resisted hiring Black players longest of any owner in NFL, was torn down today—Stadium got its name because in 1962, as Atty Genl, RFK threatened to revoke Marshall’s lease unless he integrated his team: pic.twitter.com/a8cqNWA7Tn
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) June 19, 2020