In 1968, NFL prejudice suggests Black players lack the character to play QB; into this hostility wade pioneers Marlin Briscoe, Joe Gilliam, and James Harris, who become the first Black QBs to crack starting lineups and change the game forever.
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Black QBs of the '80s and '90s revolutionize how the position would be played forever after; Randall Cunningham, Donovan McNabb and Michael Vick introduce the previously forbidden ``Black style`` to QB play and redefine the position.
While Ronald Reagan campaigns and governs on a wave of white backlash against Black progress in the '70s and '80s, Doug Williams endures racial bias and personal tragedy to become the first Black QB to win a Super Bowl.
Just as show business in the 1970s typecast Black characters, so did the NFL; star college QBs like Tony Dungy are switched to lesser positions by their pro teams; others, like future Hall of Famer Warren Moon, take alternative routes.
In 1968, NFL prejudice suggests Black players lack the character to play QB; into this hostility wade pioneers Marlin Briscoe, Joe Gilliam, and James Harris, who become the first Black QBs to crack starting lineups and change the game forever.
