THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NFL HALL OF FAMER BRIAN DAWKINS SHARES HOW DOCTOR GUION (GUY-ON) BLUFORD MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO GO TO SPACE. THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH ...

In 1921, as coach of the Akron Pros, Pollard became the first Black head coach in NFL history. Along with Bobby Marshall, he was also one of the first two Black players. He made history while ...

(Michael Zagaris/Getty Images) Since 1990, the year after Art Shell became the first Black head coach in the modern era of the NFL, Black men have accounted for only about 13 percent of full-time ...

In 1989, Raiders owner Al Davis made Art Shell the NFL's first Black head coach since Fritz Pollard in the 1920s. (Scott Halleran/Getty Images) In early February, during another deflating hiring ...